Alcohol
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 107-115 , June 2005

Effects of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine lesion of the dorsal raphe nucleus on ethanol discrimination in the rat

Received 30 November 2004 ,Revised 27 May 2005 ,Accepted June 2005.

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Alcohol
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 107-115 , June 2005

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