Alcohol
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 55-59 , January 2002

Catecholamine depletion by reserpine blocks the anxiolytic actions of ethanol in the rat

Received 7 December 2000 ,Revised 27 August 2001 ,Accepted 10 September 2001.

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