Hormones and drinking behaviour: New findings on ghrelin, insulin, leptin and volume-regulating hormones. An ESBRA Symposium report

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-165

  Addolorato, Giovanni ^a   Leggio, Lorenzo ^a,b   Hillemacher, Thomas ^c,d   Kraus, Thomas ^c   Jerlhag, Elisabet ^e   Bleich, Stefan ^c,d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol craving; Ghrelin; Insulin; Leptin; Volume regulating hormone

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; GHRELIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; GHRELIN; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MOTIVATION; PEPTIDE HORMONES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 67650687375     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2008.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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