Effects of Long-Term Moderate Ethanol Intake on the Stress Response in Rats
Description:
The effect of ethanol on the stress response in rats was examined. Experimental animals were given 0.25 ml of 28 percent ethanol or 0.25 ml of water orally once a day, five days a week, for a period of twelve months and were then subjected to fifteen minute cold stress. Corticosterone levels in ethanol-treated males following stress were significantly lower (22 percent) than in the sham group. Adrenal weights in sham-treated females were significantly higher (15 percent) than in the ethanol gro…
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Date:
December 1984
Creator:
Williams, Judy L. (Judy Lee)
Partner:
UNT Libraries