Alcohol
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 203-212 , April 2004

Devaluation of ethanol reinforcement

  • Herman H Samson

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Neurobehavioral Study of Alcohol, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1083, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-336-716-8590; fax: +1-336-716-7168.
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  • Christopher L Cunningham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neuroscience and Portland Alcohol Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
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  • Cristine L Czachowski

      Affiliations

    • Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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  • Ann Chappell

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Neurobehavioral Study of Alcohol, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1083, USA
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  • Brooke Legg

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Neurobehavioral Study of Alcohol, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1083, USA
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  • Erin Shannon

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Neurobehavioral Study of Alcohol, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1083, USA

Received 12 November 2003 ,Revised 6 February 2004 ,Accepted 15 February 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.02.002

Alcohol
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