Alcohol
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 29-36 , February 2012

Effects of ethanol administration on corticosterone levels in adolescent and adult rats

Received 3 February 2011 ,Revised 1 August 2011 ,Accepted 3 August 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.08.005

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