Neuroendocrine assessment of serotonergic, dopaminergic, and noradrenergic functions in alcohol-dependent individuals

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-103

  Fahlke, Claudia ^a   Berggren, Ulf ^b   Berglund, Kristina J ^a   Zetterberg, Henrik ^a   Blennow, Kaj ^a   Engel, Jörgen A ^c   Balldin, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Alcoholism; Dopamine; Monoaminergic Function; Noradrenaline; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; APOMORPHINE; CITALOPRAM; CLONIDINE; DOPAMINE; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITALOPRAM; CLONIDINE; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84855331327     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01598.x     Document Type: Article

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