Alcohol
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 157-166 , April 2001

Effects of lifelong ethanol consumption on drinking behavior and motor impairment of alcohol-preferring AA and alcohol-avoiding ANA rats

  • Maija Sarviharju

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, P.O. Box 719, FIN-00101, Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358-9-133-2639; fax: +358-9-133-3286
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  • Pia Jaatinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, FIN-33700, Tampere, Finland
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  • Petri Hyytiä

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, P.O. Box 719, FIN-00101, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Antti Hervonen

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, P.O. Box 719, FIN-00101, Helsinki, Finland

Received 6 July 2000 ,Revised 11 December 2000 ,Accepted 18 December 2000.

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