Alcohol
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 81-85 , May 2003

Circadian activity rhythms in high-alcohol-preferring and low-alcohol-preferring mice

  • John R Hofstetter

      Affiliations

    • Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • Institute for Psychiatric Research, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 116A, Roudebush Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. Tel.: +1-317-554-0000, ext. 4510; fax: +1-317-554-0056
    • ,
  • Nicholas J Grahame

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Psychiatric Research, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • ,
  • Aimee R Mayeda

      Affiliations

    • Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • Institute for Psychiatric Research, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA

Received 6 September 2002 ,Revised 21 April 2003 ,Accepted 3 May 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(03)00095-8

Alcohol
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