Binge-pattern alcohol exposure during puberty induces sexually dimorphic changes in genes regulating the HPA axis

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Przybycien Szymanska, Magdalena M ^a   Rao, Yathindar S ^a   Pak, Toni R ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Corticosterone; Corticotrophin releasing hormone; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Hypothalamus; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS; STRESS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 74949123078     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00615.2009     Document Type: Article

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