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Effect of Ethanol on Hypothalamic Opioid Peptides, Enkephalin, and Dynorphin: Relationship With Circulating Triglycerides

  1. Guo-Qing Chang1,
  2. Olga Karatayev1,
  3. Rashedul Ahsan1,
  4. Nicole M. Avena2,
  5. Caroline Lee2,
  6. Michael J. Lewis2,
  7. Bartley G. Hoebel2,
  8. Sarah F. Leibowitz1

Article first published online: 18 JAN 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00312.x

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Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volume 31, Issue 2, pages 249–259, February 2007

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Chang, G.-Q., Karatayev, O., Ahsan, R., Avena, N. M., Lee, C., Lewis, M. J., Hoebel, B. G. and Leibowitz, S. F. (2007), Effect of Ethanol on Hypothalamic Opioid Peptides, Enkephalin, and Dynorphin: Relationship With Circulating Triglycerides. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31: 249–259. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00312.x

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  1. 1

    Laboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York

  2. 2

    Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

*Reprint requests: Dr. Sarah F. Leibowitz, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021; Fax: 212-327-8447; E-mail: leibow@rockefeller.edu

  1. This research was supported by USPHS grant AA-12882 and by funds from the Minnie and Bernard Lane Foundation.

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  1. Issue published online: 18 JAN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 18 JAN 2007
  3. Received for publication February 17, 2006; accepted October 27, 2006.

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