Alcohol
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 45-54 , May 2001

Effects of nicotine on ethanol dependence and brain damage

  • Shannon Penland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178, USA
    • Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, CB# 7178, 1021 Thurston Bowles Building, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178, USA
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  • Blair Hoplight

      Affiliations

    • Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, CB# 7178, 1021 Thurston Bowles Building, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178, USA
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  • Jennifer Obernier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178, USA
    • Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, CB# 7178, 1021 Thurston Bowles Building, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178, USA
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  • Fulton T Crews

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178, USA
    • Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, CB# 7178, 1021 Thurston Bowles Building, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, CB No. 7178, 1021 Thurston Bowles Building, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178, USA. Tel.: +1-919-966-5678; fax: +1-919-966-5679

Received 28 July 2000 ,Revised 10 January 2001 ,Accepted 11 February 2001.

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Alcohol
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 45-54 , May 2001

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