Role of exercise in the treatment of alcohol use disorders (review)

Biomedical Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 535-545

  Manthou, Eirini ^a,b   Georgakouli, Kalliopi ^a,b   Fatouros, Ioannis G ^b   Gianoulakis, Christina ^c   Theodorakis, Yannis ^a   Jamurtas, Athanasios Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Institute for Research and Technology Thessaly   (Greece)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Brain; Ethanol; Exercise training; Opioids; endorphin

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROCORTISONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TRAINING; YOGA;

EID: 85022172545     PISSN: 20499434     EISSN: 20499442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/br.2016.626     Document Type: Review

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