Heavy alcohol use, rather than alcohol dependence, is associated with dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the autonomic nervous system

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 170-176

  Boschloo, Lynn ^a   Vogelzangs, Nicole ^a   Licht, Carmilla M M ^a   Vreeburg, Sophie A ^a   Smit, Johannes H ^a   van den Brink, Wim ^b   Veltman, Dick J ^a,b   de Geus, Eco J C ^c   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcohol use; Autonomic nervous system; Cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SALIVA; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79957609177     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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