Alcohol
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 129-135 , February 2005

Effects of ethanol drinking on central nervous system functional activity of alcohol-preferring rats

  • Helen J.K. Sable

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • Zachary A. Rodd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • Richard L. Bell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • Jonathan A. Schultz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • Larry Lumeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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  • William J. McBride

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. Tel.: +1-317-274-3820; fax: +1-317-274-1365.

Received 4 November 2004 ,Revised 17 January 2005 ,Accepted 11 March 2005.

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PII: S0741-8329(05)00059-5

doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.03.001

Alcohol
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 129-135 , February 2005

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