Effects of alcohol dependence and withdrawal on stressresponsiveness and alcoholconsumption

Alcohol Research: Current Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 448-458

  Becker, Howard C ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol dependence; Animal models; Brain; Brain stress pathway; Chronicalcohol exposure; Corticosteroids; norepinephrine; Corticotropin releasing factor; Drinking behavior; Human studies; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical axis; Relapse; Stress; Stress response; biological adaptation to stress; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ETHANOL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NOREPINEPHRINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84870034014     PISSN: 21683492     EISSN: 21694796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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