Modulation of ethanol consumption by genetic and pharmacological manipulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in mice.

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Published in Psychopharmacology (Berl) on March 01, 2010

Authors

Helen M Kamens1, Jimena Andersen, Marina R Picciotto

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1: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Yale University, 34 Park Street, 3rd Floor Research, New Haven, CT 06508, USA.

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