Alcohol
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 29-34 , May 2003

Long-term exposure to a sweetened alcoholic solution does not alter genetic aversion to ethanol in Sardinian alcohol-nonpreferring (sNP) rats

  • 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
    • ,
  • 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
    • ,
  • 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
    • ,
  • Tiziana Curreli

      Affiliations

    • “Bernard. B. Brodie” Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, 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
    • ,
  • 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 (CA) Italy. Tel.: 070-675-4325; fax: 070-675-4320
    • ,
  • Gian Luigi Gessa

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscienze S.c.a r.l., I-09123 Cagliari, Italy
    • C.N.R. Institute of Neurogenetics and Neuropharmacology, I-09042 Monserrato Cagliari, Italy
    • “Bernard. B. Brodie” Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, I-09042 Monserrato Cagliari, Italy

Received 25 November 2002 ,Revised 3 March 2003 ,Accepted 17 March 2003.

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PII: S0741-8329(03)00038-7

doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(03)00038-7

Alcohol
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 29-34 , May 2003

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