Serotonin is reduced in the frontal cortex of Sardinian ethanol-preferring rats

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 226-229

  Devoto, Paola ^a   Colombo, Giancarlo ^b   Stefanini, Ennio ^a   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

EID: 0031776553     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008386     Document Type: Article

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