Alcohol
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 43-47 , January 2002

Low doses of naltrexone reduce palatability and consumption of ethanol in outbred rats

Received 15 March 2001 ,Revised 26 July 2001 ,Accepted 28 July 2001.

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