Impact of childhood trauma on hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in alcohol-dependent patients.
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Abstract
Studies in animals and humans suggest that early life stress alters hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity. The same alterations are related to the symptoms and course of alcohol dependence. This study examined relationships between childhood trauma and HPA axis activity in alcohol-dependent patients controlling for psychopathology and characteristics of dependence.
Bibliographical data
| Original language | German |
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| Article number | 2 |
| ISSN | 1022-6877 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| pubmed | 20224278 |
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