Alcohol
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 137-144 , February 2004

Involvement of the mesopallidal dopamine system in ethanol reinforcement

  • Roberto I Melendez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Program in Psychobiology of Addictions, Purdue School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • Present address: Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, 167 Ashley Avenue BSB-403, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, LD 124, Purdue School of Science, IUPUI, 402 North Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-3275, USA. Tel.: +1-317-274-6762; fax: +1-317-274-6756.
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  • Zachary A Rodd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • William J McBride

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • James M Murphy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Program in Psychobiology of Addictions, Purdue School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA

Received 31 July 2003 ,Revised 24 December 2003 ,Accepted 24 December 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.12.002

Alcohol
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 137-144 , February 2004

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