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Arginine vasopressin and adrenocorticotropin secretion in response to psychosocial stress is attenuated by ethanol in sons of alcohol-dependent fathers.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Jan 2000
Zimmermann U, Spring K, Wittchen H-U, Himmerich H, Landgraf R, Uhr M, Holsboer F
Abstract excerpt
Familial risk and environmental stress promote the development of alcohol dependence. We investigated whether a positive family history of alcoholism affects the neuroendocrine response to a standardized laboratory stress test in healthy subjects without alcohol use disorders. Twenty-four high-risk subjects with a paternal history of alcoholism (PHA) and 16 family history negative (FHN) controls were evaluated....
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