Alcohol
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , May 2003

Comparison of the effects of allopregnanolone with direct GABAergic agonists on ethanol self-administration with and without concurrently available sucrose

Received 6 February 2003 ,Revised 14 April 2003 ,Accepted 18 April 2003.

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PII: S0741-8329(03)00068-5

doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(03)00068-5

Alcohol
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