Alcohol
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 23-33 , August 2005

Treatment with and withdrawal from finasteride alter ethanol intake patterns in male C57BL/6J mice: Potential role of endogenous neurosteroids?

  • Matthew M. Ford

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neuroscience (L-470), Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-503-220-8262, ext. 57619; fax: +1-503-494-6877.
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  • Jeffrey D. Nickel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neuroscience (L-470), Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
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  • Deborah A. Finn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neuroscience (L-470), Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
    • Portland Alcohol Research Center and VAMC Research, Portland, OR 97239, USA

Received 20 September 2005 ,Revised 8 November 2005 ,Accepted 8 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.11.002

Alcohol
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 23-33 , August 2005

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