Roles of the locus coeruleus and adrenergic receptors in brain-mediated hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to intracerbroventricular alcohol

摘要

BackgroundAlcohol activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis through its actions in both the periphery and the CNS. The studies presented here were designed to test the CNS-specific noradrenergic mechanisms by which alcohol stimulates HPA activity in the male rat.