Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 157-164 , April 2003

Effects of ethanol and ipsapirone on the development of midline raphe glial cells and astrocytes

  • Nuzhath F. Tajuddin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • ,
  • Luisa A. Orrico

      Affiliations

    • The Neuroscience Program, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • ,
  • Jason L. Eriksen

      Affiliations

    • The Neuroscience Program, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • Current address: Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
    • ,
  • Mary J. Druse

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • The Neuroscience Program, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. Tel.: +1-708-216-3370; fax: +1-708-216-8523

Received 18 July 2002 ,Revised 10 December 2002 ,Accepted 15 January 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(03)00024-7

Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 3 , Pages 157-164 , April 2003

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