Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , January 2003

Ethanol effects on local cerebral glucose utilization in high-alcohol-drinking and low-alcohol-drinking rats

  • Jennifer E Learn

      Affiliations

    • Program in Medical Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, 791 Union Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, 791 Union Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
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  • Daniel G Smith

      Affiliations

    • Program in Psychobiology of Addictions, Department of Psychology, Purdue School of Science, Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis, 402 North Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-3272, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, 791 Union Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
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  • William J McBride

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Psychiatric Research, 791 Union Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA. Tel.: +1-317-274-3820; fax: +1-317-274-1365.
    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, 791 Union Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
    • Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN, 46202-5121, USA
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  • Lawrence Lumeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 975 West Walnut Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5121, USA
    • Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN, 46202-5121, USA
    • Richard L. Roudeboush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1481 West 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-2884, USA
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  • Ting-Kai Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 975 West Walnut Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5121, USA
    • Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN, 46202-5121, USA

Received 26 September 2002 ,Revised 26 November 2002 ,Accepted 5 December 2002.

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