Nicotine withdrawal induces subsensitivity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to stress in rats: implications for precipitation of depression during smoking cessation.

Semba, J

Nicotine withdrawal induces subsensitivity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to stress in rats: implications for precipitation of depression during smoking cessation. [electronic resource] - Psychoneuroendocrinology Feb 2004 - 215-26 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0306-4530

10.1016/s0306-4530(03)00024-6 doi


Adaptation, Physiological
Adrenal Cortex Function Tests
Animals
Corticosterone--blood
Depression--blood
Dexamethasone--pharmacology
Disease Models, Animal
Glucocorticoids--pharmacology
Hippocampus--metabolism
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System--drug effects
Male
Nicotine--pharmacology
Nicotinic Agonists--pharmacology
Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus--metabolism
Pituitary-Adrenal System--drug effects
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Receptors, Glucocorticoid--metabolism
Smoking Cessation--psychology
Stress, Psychological--blood
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome--complications