ISBRA 2006 World Congress on Alcohol Research

Session Details

Alcoholism, craving and hormones: the role of leptin, ghrelin, prolactin and the pro-opio melanocortin system in modulating ethanol intake

Wednesday, 13 September 2006 07:30 -08:30

Ballroom 1

Chair Stefan Bleich Department of Psychiatry, University of Erlangen-NurembergGermany
Co-Chair Friedrich M Wurst Psychiatric University ClinicSwitzerland
Plasma ghrelin levels are increased during alcohol withdrawal in alcoholic patients
  • Thomas Kraus, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
    • Leptin and ghrelin levels in alcohol withdrawal, abstinence and in a drinking experiment
  • Friedrich M Wurst, Psychiatric University Clinic Basel, Switzerland
    • Alterations of prolactin serum levels and their association with alcohol craving
  • Thomas Hillemacher, Department of Psychiatry, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
    • The brain proopiomelanocortin (POMC) system: Integrating the hormones
  • Dennis D Rasmussen, United States
    • Published on Thursday, 7 September 2006 by the Professional Conference Organiser