Clinical laboratory stressors used to study alcohol-stress relationships

Alcohol Research: Current Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 459-467

  Thomas, Suzanne ^a   Bacon, Amy K ^b   Sinha, Rajita ^c   Uhart, Magdalena ^d,e   Adinoff, Bryon ^f,g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol use and abuse; Alcoholism; Biological adaptation to stress; Clinical study; Controlled study; Laboratory study; Pharmacological stressor; Physiological stressor; Psychological stressor; Stress; Stress reactivity; Stress induction study; Stressor

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

ALCOHOLISM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84870041569     PISSN: 21683492     EISSN: 21694796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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