Alcohol
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 667-674 , December 2008

Modulation of ethanol state-dependent learning by dorsal hippocampal NMDA receptors in mice

  • Ameneh Rezayof

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Biology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, P. O. Box 4155-6455, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +9821-61112483; fax: +9821-66405141.
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  • Khadijeh Sharifi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Biology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, P. O. Box 4155-6455, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine and Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • School of Cognitive Science, Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Tehran, Iran
    • Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Yassaman Rassouli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Biology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, P. O. Box 4155-6455, Tehran, Iran

Received 9 November 2007 ,Revised 9 May 2008 ,Accepted 23 May 2008.

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