Alcohol
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 9-18 , January 2004

Acute ethanol administration selectively impairs spatial memory in C57BL/6J mice

Received 4 November 2002 ,Revised 25 September 2003 ,Accepted 30 September 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.09.005

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