Alcohol
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 145-155 , February 2004

Characterizing the ontogeny of ethanol-associated increases in corticosterone

  • Marisa M Silveri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-617-855-2920; fax: +1-617-855-2770.
    • ,
  • Linda Patia Spear

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology and Center for Developmental Psychobiology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA

Received 11 August 2003 ,Revised 22 December 2003 ,Accepted 27 December 2003.

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Alcohol
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