Integration of the circadian and stress systems: Influence of neuropeptides and implications for alcohol consumption

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1111-1120

  Wong, Cybele C P ^a   Schumann, Gunter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH); Alcohol; Circadian; Clock; Gamma Aminobutyric acid (GABA); Glucocorticoid; Hypothalamic pituitary Adrenal (HPA) axis; Paraventricular nucleus (PVN); Period; Pituitary adenylate cyclase Activating polypeptide (PACAP); Stress; Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN); Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP); Vasopressin (AVP)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ARGININE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE ANTAGONIST; VASOPRESSIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR STRESS SIGNAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STRESS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NEUROPEPTIDES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867332903     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-012-0829-4     Document Type: Review

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