Alcohol
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 115-120 , February 2002

Effect of ethanol on axonal transport of cholinergic enzymes in rat sciatic nerve

Received 26 March 2001 ,Revised 29 November 2001 ,Accepted 7 December 2001.

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