Alcohol
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 167-175 , April 2001

Age-independent and dose-response effects of ethanol on spatial memory in rats

  • Shawn K Acheson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-828-227-3368; fax: +1-828-227-7388
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  • Ebony L Ross

      Affiliations

    • Academy for Educational Development Center for Community-Based Health Strategies, Washington, DC 20009, USA
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  • H.Scott Swartzwelder

      Affiliations

    • Neurobiology Research Laboratory, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
    • Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA

Received 26 January 2000 ,Revised 3 January 2001 ,Accepted 15 January 2001.

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Alcohol
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