Alcohol
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 27-33 , January 2005

Suppression of acquisition of alcohol-drinking behavior by the concurrent availability of saccharin in Sardinian alcohol-preferring (sP) rats

  • Giancarlo Colombo

      Affiliations

    • C.N.R. Institute of Neuroscience, Section of Cagliari, Viale Diaz 182, I-09126 Cagliari, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39-070-302227; fax: +39-070-302076.
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  • Carla Lobina

      Affiliations

    • Bernard B. Brodie Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, Viale Diaz 182, I-09126 Cagliari, Italy
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  • Paola Maccioni

      Affiliations

    • Bernard B. Brodie Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, Viale Diaz 182, I-09126 Cagliari, Italy
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  • M. Francesca Mascia

      Affiliations

    • Bernard B. Brodie Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, Viale Diaz 182, I-09126 Cagliari, Italy
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  • Alessandro Orrù

      Affiliations

    • Bernard B. Brodie Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, Viale Diaz 182, I-09126 Cagliari, Italy
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  • Gian Luigi Gessa

      Affiliations

    • C.N.R. Institute of Neuroscience, Section of Cagliari, Viale Diaz 182, I-09126 Cagliari, Italy
    • Bernard B. Brodie Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, Viale Diaz 182, I-09126 Cagliari, Italy
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  • Mauro A.M. Carai

      Affiliations

    • Bernard B. Brodie Department of Neuroscience, University of Cagliari, Viale Diaz 182, I-09126 Cagliari, Italy

Received 6 July 2004 ,Revised 11 October 2004 ,Accepted 19 October 2004.

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PII: S0741-8329(05)00033-9

doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.10.005

Alcohol
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 27-33 , January 2005

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