Alcohol
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 49-61 , August 2003

Role of the GABAA system in behavioral, motoric, and cerebellar protection by estrogen during ethanol withdrawal

  • Mridula Rewal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-817-735-0156; fax: +1-817-735-2091.
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  • Marianna E. Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA
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  • Yi Wen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA
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  • Anne-Marie Brun-Zinkernagel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Anatomy, University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA
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  • James W. Simpkins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA

Received 19 February 2003 ,Revised 16 June 2003 ,Accepted 6 July 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.07.005

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