Alcohol
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 63-69 , February 2001

Quantitative immunocytochemistry of glia in the cerebellar cortex of old ethanol-fed rats

Received 17 July 2000 ,Revised 17 November 2000 ,Accepted 27 November 2000.

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