Drinking alcohol and getting older What do I need to know?
In response to alcohol, the levels of cortisol—the chief glucocorticoid hormone in humans—can be substantial and even surpass the levels typically seen in response to various stressful circumstances (Mendelson et al. 1971). Interestingly, blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) below 0.1 percent appear to have little effect on HPA axis activation (Jenkins and Connolly 1968). Furthermore, the […]
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