The Limbic-Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and the Development of Alcohol Use Disorders in Youth

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 595-605

  Schepis, Ty S ^a   Rao, Uma ^b   Yadav, Hardik ^b   Adinoff, Bryon ^b,c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescent; Alcohol; Child; Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 79953049037     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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