Alcohol
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 91-97 , June 2005

Effect of social isolation on ethanol consumption and substance P/neurokinin expression in Wistar rats

  • Annika Thorsell

      Affiliations

    • The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Neuropharmacology (CVN-14), 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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  • Craig J. Slawecki

      Affiliations

    • The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Neuropharmacology (CVN-14), 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    • ,
  • Aram Khoury

      Affiliations

    • Karolinska Institutet, Department of Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Aleksander A. Mathe

      Affiliations

    • Karolinska Institutet, Department of Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Cindy L. Ehlers

      Affiliations

    • The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Neuropharmacology (CVN-14), 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-858-784-7058; fax: +1-858-784-7475.

Received 10 February 2005 ,Revised 9 May 2005 ,Accepted 13 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.07.003

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Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 91-97 , June 2005

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