Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 11-19 , January 2003

Systemic osmotic manipulations modulate ethanol-induced taurine release: a brain microdialysis study

  • Etienne Quertemont

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Université de Liège, Département des Sciences Cognitives, Laboratoire de Neuroscience Comportementale et de Psychopharmacologie, Boulevard du Rectorat 5 / B32, B-4000 Liège, Belgium. Tel.: +32-4-366-20-20; fax: +32-4-366-28-59.
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  • Audrey Devitgh
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  • Philippe De Witte

Received 3 May 2002 ,Revised 2 September 2002 ,Accepted 6 September 2002.

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