Alcohol
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 641-648 , December 2008

Social interaction and partner familiarity differentially alter voluntary ethanol intake in adolescent male and female rats

  • Antoniette M. Maldonado

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Cognitive and Neurosciences, University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    • ,
  • Lauren M. Finkbeiner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Cognitive and Neurosciences, University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    • ,
  • Cheryl L. Kirstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Cognitive and Neurosciences, University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620, USA
    • Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-813 974-1958; fax: +1-813-974-4617.

Received 1 August 2007 ,Revised 11 August 2008 ,Accepted 11 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.08.003

Alcohol
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