Alcohol
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 83-88 , October 2001

l-Cysteine, a thiol amino acid, increases the stimulating acute effect of ethanol on locomotion

  • Dolores Escarabajal

      Affiliations

    • Área de Psicobiologı́a, Universidad de Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
    • ,
  • Marta Miquel

      Affiliations

    • Àrea de Psicobiologia, Universitat Jaume I, 12080 Castelló, Spain
    • ,
  • Carlos M.G Aragon

      Affiliations

    • Àrea de Psicobiologia, Universitat Jaume I, 12080 Castelló, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34-964-729337; fax: +34-964-729350

Received 27 March 2000 ,Revised 5 April 2001 ,Accepted 6 June 2001.

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Alcohol
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 83-88 , October 2001

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