Alcohol
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 99-105 , June 2005

Acute ethanol counteracts the acquisition of aversive olfactory learning in infant rats

  • Ricardo Marcos Pautassi

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Investigación Médica M. y M. Ferreyra (INIMEC—CONICET), Friuli 2434, CP: 5016 Córdoba, Argentina
    • R.M.P., J.C.M., and L.F.P. also work at the Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, C.P. 5000 Córdoba, Argentina.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +54-351-4681465, ext. 220; fax: +54-351-4695163.
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  • Carla Melloni

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Investigación Médica M. y M. Ferreyra (INIMEC—CONICET), Friuli 2434, CP: 5016 Córdoba, Argentina
    • C.M. is now working at the Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IByME—CONICET) Vuelta de Obligado 2490, C1428ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    • ,
  • Luciano Federico Ponce

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Investigación Médica M. y M. Ferreyra (INIMEC—CONICET), Friuli 2434, CP: 5016 Córdoba, Argentina
    • R.M.P., J.C.M., and L.F.P. also work at the Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, C.P. 5000 Córdoba, Argentina.
    • ,
  • Juan Carlos Molina

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Investigación Médica M. y M. Ferreyra (INIMEC—CONICET), Friuli 2434, CP: 5016 Córdoba, Argentina
    • Center for Developmental Psychobiology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
    • R.M.P., J.C.M., and L.F.P. also work at the Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, C.P. 5000 Córdoba, Argentina.

Received 5 April 2005 ,Revised 18 July 2005 ,Accepted 18 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.07.005

Alcohol
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 99-105 , June 2005

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