Alcohol
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 99-104 , October 2005

Increased brain dopamine D4-like binding after chronic ethanol is not associated with behavioral sensitization in mice

  • Isabel Marian Hartmann Quadros

      Affiliations

    • Psychobiology Department, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Botucatu 862, 1°. andar, 04023-062 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Jose Nascimento Nobrega

      Affiliations

    • Neuroimaging Research Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 250 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada
    • ,
  • Debora Cristina Hipolide

      Affiliations

    • Psychobiology Department, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Botucatu 862, 1°. andar, 04023-062 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Maria Lucia Oliveira Souza-Formigoni

      Affiliations

    • Psychobiology Department, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Botucatu 862, 1°. andar, 04023-062 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55-11-2149-0155; fax: +55-11-5572-5092.

Received 1 September 2005 ,Revised 30 November 2005 ,Accepted 1 December 2005.

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PII: S0741-8329(05)00213-2

doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2005.12.001

Alcohol
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 99-104 , October 2005

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