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Ethanol-Induced Memory Impairment in a Discriminative Avoidance Task is State-Dependent

  1. Leandro Sanday1,
  2. Camilla L. Patti1,2,
  3. Karina A. Zanin1,2,*,
  4. Luciano Fernandes-Santos1,2,
  5. Larissa C. Oliveira1,
  6. Sonia R. Kameda1,2,
  7. Sergio Tufik2,
  8. Roberto Frussa-Filho1,2,*

Article first published online: 24 JUL 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01905.x

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Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volume 37, Issue Supplement s1, pages E30–E39, January 2013

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Sanday, L., Patti, C. L., Zanin, K. A., Fernandes-Santos, L., Oliveira, L. C., Kameda, S. R., Tufik, S. and Frussa-Filho, R. (2013), Ethanol-Induced Memory Impairment in a Discriminative Avoidance Task is State-Dependent. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37: E30–E39. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01905.x

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  1. 1

    Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

  2. 2

    Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

*Reprint requests: Roberto Frussa-Filho, PhD or Karina A. Zanin, Departamento de Farmacologia, UNIFESP, Rua Botucatu, 862, Ed. Leal Prado, 1º Andar, 04023062, São Paulo, SP, Brasil; Tel.: +55-11-5549-4122; Fax: +55-11-5549-4122 r. 222; E-mail: frussa.farm@epm.br or karina.zanin@unifesp.br

  1. The first two authors contributed equally to this study.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 24 JUL 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 6 JUN 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 26 AUG 2011

Funded by

  • Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo. Grant Numbers: 1998/14303-3, 2009/00465-9, 2008/08823-8
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  • Fundação Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa

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