Alcohol
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 119-128 , February 2005

Effects of acute administration of ethanol on cerebral glucose utilization in adult alcohol-preferring and alcohol-nonpreferring rats

  • Wendy N. Strother

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-317-274-2333; fax: +1-317-274-1365.
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  • William J. McBride

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
    • Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
    • ,
  • Lawrence Lumeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
    • ,
  • Ting-Kai Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-4887, USA
    • Present address: NIAAA, 5635 Fishers Lane, MSC 9304, Bethesda, MD 20892-9304, USA.

Received 13 August 2004 ,Revised 27 December 2004 ,Accepted 10 February 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.03.003

Alcohol
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 119-128 , February 2005

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