Independent contributions of alcohol and stress axis hormones to painful peripheral neuropathy

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6275288	Neuroscience	2013	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº Stress plays a role in the toxic effects of alcohol. âº Alcohol abuse activates neuroendocrine stress axes. âº The individual contributions of alcohol and stress hormones can be isolated. âº The site of action of both alcohol and stress hormones is the nociceptor.

Keywords

PKCε sound stress standard error of the mean SEM Nociceptor Painful peripheral neuropathy Stress hormones Hyperalgesia Protein kinase C epsilon