Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 39-49 , January 2003

Variants of κ-opioid receptor gene and mRNA in alcohol-preferring and alcohol-avoiding mice

  • Mariko Saito

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratory of Neurobehavior Genetics, The Nathan S. Kline Institute, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA. Tel.: +1-845-398-5537; fax: +1-845-398-5531.
    • Laboratory of Neurobehavior Genetics, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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  • Marissa A. Ehringer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA
    • Human Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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  • Reka Toth

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neurobehavior Genetics, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
    • ,
  • Melinda Oros

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neurobehavior Genetics, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
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  • Istvan Szakall

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neurobehavior Genetics, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
    • ,
  • James M. Sikela

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA
    • Human Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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  • Csaba Vadasz

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neurobehavior Genetics, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA

Received 26 July 2002 ,Revised 4 October 2002 ,Accepted 17 October 2002.

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Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 39-49 , January 2003

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