Keywords
- Ethanol Consumption
- Alcohol Deprivation Effect
- Voluntary Ethanol Intake
- Naltrexone Effect
- Decrease Ethanol Consumption
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Cowen, M.S. (2005). Naltrexone: preclinical data. In: Spanagel, R., Mann, K.F. (eds) Drugs for Relapse Prevention of Alcoholism. Milestones in Drug Therapy MDT. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7305-9_5
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