The impact of social isolation on HPA axis function, anxiety-like behaviors, and ethanol drinkingrs

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Butler, Tracy R ^a   Ariwodola, Olusegun J ^a   Weiner, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Basolateral amygdala; Dependence; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Social isolation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SELF ADMINISTRATION TEST; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84892574371     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00102     Document Type: Article

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