Alcohol
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 623-629 , December 2008

Autonomic responses to ethanol in adolescent and adult rats: a dose–response analysis

  • Robert C. Ristuccia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Division of Developmental Psychobiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Linda P. Spear

      Affiliations

    • Center for Developmental Psychobiology, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, PO Box 6000, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-607-777-2825; fax: +1-607-777-6418.

Received 5 March 2008 ,Revised 11 August 2008 ,Accepted 11 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.08.002

Alcohol
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