Alcohol
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 69-78 , June 2001

Potential regulation of nicotine and ethanol actions by α4-containing nicotinic receptors

Received 18 October 2000 ,Revised 3 January 2001 ,Accepted 25 January 2001.

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