Alcohol
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 61-65 , May 2003

Abamectin attenuates gastric mucosal damage induced by ethanol through activation of vagus nerve in rats

  • Ming-Yie Liu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan 704
    • Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan 704
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Graduate Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan 704. Tel.: +886-2353535, ext. 5805; fax: +886-6-2752484
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  • James Po-Jung Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan 704
    • ,
  • Dur-Zong Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan 704
    • Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan 704
    • ,
  • Jou-Fang Deng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Toxicology, Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming University and Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan 112

Received 6 September 2002 ,Revised 16 April 2003 ,Accepted 18 April 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(03)00094-6

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