Alcohol
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 31-39 , May 2004

Maternal separation has no effect on voluntary ethanol intake in female Wistar rats

Received 18 August 2003 ,Revised 7 February 2004 ,Accepted 9 April 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.04.002

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