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

Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is often observed in alcoholics and humans subjected to early life stress, and animal models of ethanol (EtOH) dependence. We examined HPA axis function in a rodent model of early life stress that engenders increases in behavioral and ne...

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Main Authors: Tracy R Butler, Olusegun eAriwodola, Jeffrey eWeiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2013.00102/full