Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis feedback regulation in rats prenatally exposed to ethanol

Animals exposed to ethanol in utero to ethanol exhibit hormonal hyperresponsiveness to stressors in adulthood. One possible mechanism for this hyperresponsiveness is a deficit in negative feedback regulation of the hypothalamicpituitary- adrenal (HPA) axis. The present study tested the hypothesis...

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Main Author: Hofmann, Candace Erica
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8128