Alcohol
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 9-18 , May 2003

Differences in norepinephrine clearance in cerebellar slices from low-alcohol-sensitive and high-alcohol-sensitive rats

  • Ronald K Freund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Box C-236, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-303-315-4225; fax: +1-303-315-4227
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  • Greg A Gerhardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    • Center for Sensor Technology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    • ,
  • Kriste E Marshall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Box C-236, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA
    • ,
  • Michael R Palmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Box C-236, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA
    • Center for Sensor Technology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA

Received 31 March 2003 ,Revised 8 May 2003 ,Accepted 11 May 2003.

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☆ A paper published as a high-priority communication is one that reviewers have identified as being of high scientific significance and have recommended that the study findings should be communicated to the scientific community as soon as possible.

PII: S0741-8329(03)00098-3

doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(03)00098-3

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