Behavioral and neuroanatomical consequences of chronic ethanol intake and withdrawal

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 337-346

  Lukoyanov, Nikolai V ^a   Madeira, M Dulce ^a   Paula Barbosa, Manuel M ^a  

^a Porto School of Nursing   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hippocampal formation; Long term ethanol consumption; Morris water maze; Neuron number; Rats; Reference memory; Stereology; Thigmotaxis; Withdrawal; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; WATER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0033004628     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00301-1     Document Type: Article

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