Ethanol beverage anticipation: effects on plasma testosterone and luteinizing hormone levels--a pilot study.
Levels of plasma testosterone (T) and luteinizing hormone (LH) were evaluated in alcoholic and control subjects while they smelled a real beer and then drank a placebo beer which they believed contained alcohol. Plasma T and LH differed in the alcoholics and controls during beverage presentation and T levels also differed during drink consumption. Although these results suggest a role for conditioned responses, the lack of concordance between the hormone levels and psychophysiological responses or self-report desire to drink does not support a conditioning hypothesis that could account clearly for consumption behavior. Alternative hypotheses are discussed.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06032.
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D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001944:Breath Tests; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D000431:Ethanol; D013739:Testosterone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone