Alcohol
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 1-10 , August 2003

Opposing effects of ethanol and nicotine on hippocampal calbindin-D28k expression

  • Patrick J Mulholland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, 115 Kastle Hall, Lexington, KY 40506-0044, USA
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  • Barton R Harris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, A. B. Chandler Medical Center MS 305, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA
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  • Lincoln H Wilkins Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, College of Medicine Office Building, Lexington, KY 40536-0086, USA
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  • Rachel L Self

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, 115 Kastle Hall, Lexington, KY 40506-0044, USA
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  • John A Blanchard II

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, A. B. Chandler Medical Center MS 305, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA
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  • Robert C Holley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, A. B. Chandler Medical Center MS 305, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA
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  • John M Littleton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, A. B. Chandler Medical Center MS 305, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA
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  • Mark A Prendergast

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, 115 Kastle Hall, Lexington, KY 40506-0044, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-859-257-6120; fax: +1-859-323-1979.

Received 24 March 2003 ,Revised 4 August 2003 ,Accepted 12 September 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.09.001

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