Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 159-164 , October 2004

Ethanol consumption improves avoidance learning in rats: role of deprivation interval

  • Francis X. Brennan

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Service (151), Philadelphia VA Medical Center, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Treatment Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-215-823-5800, ext. 6441; fax: +1-215-823-5171.
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  • Michael F. Stromberg

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Service (151), Philadelphia VA Medical Center, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Treatment Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Received 23 January 2004 ,Revised 17 July 2004 ,Accepted 20 July 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.07.011

Alcohol
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