Alcohol
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , January 2001

Dose-dependent decrease in glial fibrillary acidic protein-immunoreactivity in rat cerebellum after lifelong ethanol consumption

  • Jyrki Rintala

      Affiliations

    • The School of Public Health, University of Tampere, FIN-33700, Tampere, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Box 607, 33101 Tampere, Finland. Tel.: +358-215-7120; fax: +358-3-215-6705
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  • Pia Jaatinen

      Affiliations

    • The School of Public Health, University of Tampere, FIN-33700, Tampere, Finland
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, FIN-33700, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • Kalervo Kiianmaa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Jarno Riikonen

      Affiliations

    • The School of Public Health, University of Tampere, FIN-33700, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • Oili Kemppainen

      Affiliations

    • The School of Public Health, University of Tampere, FIN-33700, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • Maija Sarviharju

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Antti Hervonen

      Affiliations

    • The School of Public Health, University of Tampere, FIN-33700, Tampere, Finland

Received 27 December 1999 ,Revised 10 August 2000 ,Accepted 14 August 2000.

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