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Use of the Expanded Panel of BXD Mice Narrow QTL Regions in Ethanol-Induced Locomotor Activation and Motor Incoordination

  1. Candis S. DuBose1,*,
  2. Elissa J. Chesler2,
  3. Dan Goldowitz3,
  4. Kristin M. Hamre1

Article first published online: 7 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01865.x

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Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volume 37, Issue 1, pages 170–183, January 2013

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DuBose, C. S., Chesler, E. J., Goldowitz, D. and Hamre, K. M. (2013), Use of the Expanded Panel of BXD Mice Narrow QTL Regions in Ethanol-Induced Locomotor Activation and Motor Incoordination. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37: 170–183. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01865.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology , The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee

  2. 2

    The Jackson Laboratory , Bar Harbor, Maine

  3. 3

    Department of Medical Genetics , Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

*Reprint requests: Candis DuBose, PhD, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 855 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163; Tel.: 901-448-5243; Fax: 901-448-7193; E-mail: cdubose3@uthsc.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 7 JUN 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 3 APR 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 16 AUG 2011

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