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Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate and their relationships with aggression in early and late alcohol withdrawal
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The study aims at investigating the relationship between hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis alterations and aggression level in alcoholic patients during early and late alcohol withdrawal. Serum levels of basal cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) were measured three times, and cortisol and DHEAS response to dexamethasone twice during the early and late withdrawal periods in alcohol dependent males (n=30) and once in healthy control males (n=20). Abnormal cortisol non-suppression response to dexamethasone in dexamethasone suppression test (DST) was observed in some proportion of the patients in early withdrawal, which normalized in late withdrawal. The study revealed reduced basal DHEAS levels and reduced DHEAS response to dexamethasone in late withdrawal. When the patients were assessed in two separate groups as high- and low-aggressives, in the high-aggression group abnormality in DST was observed during both early and late withdrawal periods, in the low-aggression group it was observed only in early withdrawal. While basal DHEAS levels were low in the high-aggression group only in early withdrawal, it was reduced in the low-aggression group during late withdrawal period. Some alterations of the HPA axis during alcohol withdrawal might be associated not only with alcohol use per se but also with aggressivity tendency of alcoholic patients.
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“Aggression may similarly be a feature of alcohol withdrawal.”
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“It is also possible that aggression during abstinence may be driven by non-neural mechanisms such as blunted HPA axis responsiveness (Ozsoy And Esel 2008).”
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- Authors
- Ozsoy, S., & Esel, E.
- Venue
- Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-02
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 340-347
- ISSN
- 0278-5846 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2088955828
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Erciyes Üniversitesi
- Universidade do Porto
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Keywords
- hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, alcohol withdrawal, aggression, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, cortisol, dexamethasone suppression test, alcoholism, HPA axis dysregulation, glucocorticoid response
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aggression, Ethanol, Alcoholism, Dexamethasone, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Male, Middle Aged, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Substance Withdrawal Syndrome, Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate, Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Control Groups
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