Alcohol
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 211-215 , July 2003

Chorda tympani nerve transection does not alter operant oral self-administration of ethanol in the rat

  • Agnieszka Korkosz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Physiology of the Nervous System, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 9 Sobieskiego St., PL-02957, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Anna Scinska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Dentistry, Warsaw Medical Academy, PL-02091 Warsaw, Poland
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  • Artur Rogowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Physiology of the Nervous System, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 9 Sobieskiego St., PL-02957, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Pawel Mierzejewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Physiology of the Nervous System, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 9 Sobieskiego St., PL-02957, Warsaw, Poland
    • Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Warsaw Medical Academy, PL-02091 Warsaw, Poland
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  • Wojciech Kostowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Physiology of the Nervous System, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 9 Sobieskiego St., PL-02957, Warsaw, Poland
    • Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Warsaw Medical Academy, PL-02091 Warsaw, Poland
    • ,
  • Andrzej Kukwa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Dentistry, Warsaw Medical Academy, PL-02091 Warsaw, Poland
    • ,
  • Przemyslaw Bienkowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Physiology of the Nervous System, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 9 Sobieskiego St., PL-02957, Warsaw, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48-22-3213376; fax: +48-22-8427644.

Received 26 March 2003 ,Revised 23 May 2003 ,Accepted 28 May 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(03)00133-2

Alcohol
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 211-215 , July 2003

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