Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 127-132 , October 2004

Effect of ethanol on 24-hour hormonal changes in peripubertal male rats

  • Vanessa Jimenez

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Avda Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Daniel P. Cardinali

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1121 Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Pilar Cano

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Avda Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • María P. Alvarez

      Affiliations

    • Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Carlos F. Reyes Toso

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1121 Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Ana I. Esquifino

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular III, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Avda Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34913941678; fax: +34913941691.

Received 8 March 2004 ,Revised 21 June 2004 ,Accepted 29 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.06.010

Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 127-132 , October 2004

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