Adolescent alcohol exposure alters the central brain circuits known to regulate the stress response

Neuroscience

Volumn 182, Issue , 2011, Pages 162-168

  Allen, C D ^a,b   Rivier, C L ^a   Lee, S Y ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Alcohol; Catecholamines; CRF; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS;

AGING; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955468011     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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