Alcohol
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 127-134 , June 2002

Ethanol-induced, nonexocytotic [3H]dopamine release from rat nucleus accumbens slices

  • Qing-Shan Yan

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Received 5 November 2001 ,Revised 27 February 2002 ,Accepted 9 March 2002.

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Alcohol
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