European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 568-581 , August 2010

Increased voluntary ethanol consumption and c-Fos expression in selected brain areas induced by fear memory retrieval in ethanol withdrawn rats

Received 8 October 2009 ,Revised 19 February 2010 ,Accepted 22 February 2010.

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