Alcohol has complex effects on the cardiovascular system. The purpose of this article is to
review physio-pathological effects of alcohol on cardiovascular and related systems and to …

Several review articles have been published on the neurobehavioral actions of
acetaldehyde and other ethanol metabolites as well as in major alcohol-related disorders …

Rationale Vulnerability to alcoholism is determined by many factors, including the balance of
pleasurable vs. aversive alcohol-induced sensations: pleasurable sensations increase …

Cardiovascular disease prevalence rises rapidly after menopause, which is believed to be
derived from the loss of estrogen. It is reported that sympathetic tone is increased in …

Hyperalgesia has been observed during ethanol withdrawal, comparable to the
hyperalgesia observed during withdrawal from opioids. To determine the extent of this …

Acute ethanol lowers blood pressure (BP) and cardiac output in proestrus and after chronic
estrogen (E2) replacement in ovariectomized (OVX) female rats. However, whether rapid …

Previous studies including ours showed that cyclosporine (CSA) causes baroreflex
dysfunction and hypertension. Here we tested the hypothesis that oxidative damage in …

There are reports of sex differences in ethanol intake between different strains of male and
female rats; however, ethanol consumption (via an ethanol liquid diet) and blood ethanol …

Summary 1 Published data concerning the effects of ovarian hormones on haemodynamic
variability are contradictory. For the first time, the present study used radiotelemetric …

Background We documented the dependence of ethanol (EtOH)‐evoked myocardial
dysfunction on estrogen (E2), and our recent estrogen receptor (ER) blockade study, in …