The quantitative determination of R- and S-salsolinol in the striatum and adrenal gland of rats selectively bred for disparate alcohol drinking

Addiction Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-189

  Haber, Hanka ^a,b   Dumaual, N ^a   Bare, D J ^a   Melzig, M F ^a   McBride, W F ^a   Lumeng, L ^a   Li, T K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SALSOLINOL;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENANTIOMER; HEREDITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RAT;

EID: 0032958346     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13556219971687     Document Type: Article

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