ACTH and Alcohol Consummatory Behavior

Abstract

(from the chapter) review and assess the possible role(s) of the brain-pituitary-adrenal system (the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, or HPA) in the development and maintenance of alcohol consummatory behavior in the light of new data obtained from studies with laboratory animals and some related work alcohol ingestion and stress-exposure similarities / why ACTH [adrenocorticotropin hormone] / stress exposure and ethanol ingestion by rats / wherein lies the activity / stress, alcohol, ACTH-where do they come together (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).