Moderate alcohol intake: Behavioral and neurochemical correlates in rats

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-159

  Battaini, Fiorenzo ^a,b   Pascale, Alessia ^b   Ancona, Donata M R ^c   Cagiano, Raffaele ^c   Cuomo, Vincenzo ^c   Govoni, Stefano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain areas; Dopamine; Moderate ethanol; Protein kinase C; Ultrasonic calls

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0001341779     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1028415X.1998.11747224     Document Type: Article

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