Alcohol and Hormones (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995)

Alcoholism, the oldest addictive illness, remains a serious problem because of its major modifications of many physiological systems. The genetic and neurological origins and mechanisms are complex and only partly understood. However, it is clear that alcohol use modifies the production of most hormones, directly and indirectly modulating the systems that hormones regulate. Acute and chronic alcohol consumption affects virtually all cellular functions of tissues like brain, liver, immune system, and reproductive and endocrine organs. The latter have major regula tory roles, affecting many functions from development to repro duction. Although stress can further modify alcohol's effects on hormone production, it significantly causes most of alcohol's modi fications of the body to occur via changes in hormone production and secretion. Ronald R. Watson vii Contributors Michael L. Adams * Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Robert A. Anderson, Jr .* Ob/Gyn Research, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago,IL Kasibhatla Bhavani * Molecular Heptology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA Theodore J. Cicero * Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St.

General

Imprint:	HumanaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Drug and Alcohol Abuse Reviews, 6
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	1995
Authors:	Ronald R. Watson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	339
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
ISBN-13:	978-1-4612-6678-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Endocrinology > General
LSN:	1-4612-6678-5
Barcode:	9781461266785

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