Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 165-175 , October 2004

Substitution profiles of N-methyl-d-aspartate antagonists in ethanol-discriminating inbred mice

  • Keith L. Shelton

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Received 10 May 2004 ,Revised 24 July 2004 ,Accepted 30 July 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.07.014

Alcohol
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