Alcohol
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 83-90 , June 2005

Chronic ethanol ingestion modulates proanxiety factors expressed in rat central amygdala

  • Anna K. Läck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical Center Blvd., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • The Alcohol Research Training Program, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • ,
  • Donald W. Floyd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical Center Blvd., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • ,
  • Brian A. McCool

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical Center Blvd., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-336-716-8608; fax: +1-336-716-8501.

Received 4 May 2005 ,Revised 11 July 2005 ,Accepted 12 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.07.004

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