Alcohol
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 157-167 , November 2002

Role of different nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in mediating behavioral and neurochemical effects of ethanol in mice

  • Anna Larsson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Göteborg University, Box 431, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Lennart Svensson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Göteborg University, Box 431, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Bo Söderpalm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neuroscience, SU/Sahlgrenska, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Jörgen A Engel

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46-31-773-34-16; fax: +46-31-773-32-84.
    • Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Göteborg University, Box 431, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden

Received 15 May 2002 ,Revised 10 June 2002 ,Accepted 23 July 2002.

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