Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 101-108 , February 2003

Stable preference for high ethanol concentrations after ethanol deprivation in Sardinian alcohol-preferring (sP) rats

  • Salvatore Serra

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscienze S.c.a r.l., I-09123 Cagliari, Italy
    • C.N.R. Institute of Neurogenetics and Neuropharmacology, I-09042 Monserrato Cagliari, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuliana Brunetti

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscienze S.c.a r.l., I-09123 Cagliari, Italy
    • C.N.R. Institute of Neurogenetics and Neuropharmacology, I-09042 Monserrato Cagliari, Italy
    • ,
  • Giovanni Vacca

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscienze S.c.a r.l., I-09123 Cagliari, Italy
    • C.N.R. Institute of Neurogenetics and Neuropharmacology, I-09042 Monserrato Cagliari, Italy
    • ,
  • Carla Lobina

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscienze S.c.a r.l., I-09123 Cagliari, Italy
    • C.N.R. Institute of Neurogenetics and Neuropharmacology, I-09042 Monserrato Cagliari, Italy
    • ,
  • Mauro A.M. Carai

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscienze S.c.a r.l., I-09123 Cagliari, Italy
    • “Bernard B. Brodie” Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, I-09042 Monserrato Cagliari, Italy
    • ,
  • Gian Luigi Gessa
    • ,
  • Giancarlo Colombo

      Affiliations

    • C.N.R. Institute of Neurogenetics and Neuropharmacology, I-09042 Monserrato Cagliari, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. C.N.R. Institute of Neurogenetics and Neuropharmacology, c/o “Bernard B. Brodie” Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, S.S. 554, km. 4.5, I-09042 Monserrato Cagliari, Italy. Tel.: +39-070-675-4325; fax: +39-070-675-4320

Received 3 June 2002 ,Revised 11 November 2002 ,Accepted 10 December 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(03)00003-X

Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 101-108 , February 2003

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