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Marcelo F. Lopez

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InstitutionMedical University of South Carolina
DepartmentPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
AddressP.O. Box MSC 861
STB453
Thurmond Gazes - 30 Courtenay Drive
Phone843-789-6772
Fax843-792-7353
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    Dr. Lopez's research interests are the effect of stress and other environmental factors on alcohol intake and relapse, and the role of learning in the development of addictive behaviors. He is conducting studies to evaluate the effect of stress at different developmental stages on voluntary alcohol intake. He is also studying the effect of co-administration of alcohol and nicotine using a mouse model of addiction.
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    Alcohol, nicotine, adolescence, stress, learning

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    1. Haun HL, Griffin WC, Lopez MF, Becker HC. Kappa opioid receptors in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis regulate binge-like alcohol consumption in male and female mice. Neuropharmacology. 2020 Feb 02; 107984. PMID: 32023486.
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    2. Bogenpohl JW, Smith ML, Farris SP, Dumur CI, Lopez MF, Becker HC, Grant KA, Miles MF. Cross-Species Co-analysis of Prefrontal Cortex Chronic Ethanol Transcriptome Responses in Mice and Monkeys. Front Mol Neurosci. 2019; 12:197. PMID: 31456662.
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    3. Smith RJ, Anderson RI, Haun HL, Mulholland PJ, Griffin WC, Lopez MF, Becker HC. Dynamic c-Fos changes in mouse brain during acute and protracted withdrawal from chronic intermittent ethanol exposure and relapse drinking. Addict Biol. 2019 Jul 09; e12804. PMID: 31288295.
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    4. Smith ML, Lopez MF, Archer KJ, Wolen AR, Becker HC, Miles MF. Correction: Time-Course Analysis of Brain Regional Expression Network Responses to Chronic Intermittent Ethanol and Withdrawal: Implications for Mechanisms Underlying Excessive Ethanol Consumption. PLoS One. 2019; 14(6):e0218700. PMID: 31211793.
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    5. McDonald LT, Lopez MF, Helke KL, McCrackin MA, Cray JJ, Becker HC, LaRue AC. Early Blood Profile of C57BL/6 Mice Exposed to Chronic Unpredictable Stress. Front Psychiatry. 2019; 10:230. PMID: 31068843.
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    6. Solomon MG, Griffin WC, Lopez MF, Becker HC. Brain Regional and Temporal Changes in BDNF mRNA and microRNA-206 Expression in Mice Exposed to Repeated Cycles of Chronic Intermittent Ethanol and Forced Swim Stress. Neuroscience. 2019 05 15; 406:617-625. PMID: 30790666.
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    7. Anderson RI, Lopez MF, Griffin WC, Haun HL, Bloodgood DW, Pati D, Boyt KM, Kash TL, Becker HC. Dynorphin-kappa opioid receptor activity in the central amygdala modulates binge-like alcohol drinking in mice. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019 05; 44(6):1084-1092. PMID: 30555162.
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    8. Nimitvilai S, Lopez MF, Woodward JJ. Sex-dependent differences in ethanol inhibition of mouse lateral orbitofrontal cortex neurons. Addict Biol. 2020 Jan; 25(1):e12698. PMID: 30468275.
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    9. Haun HL, Griffin WC, Lopez MF, Solomon MG, Mulholland PJ, Woodward JJ, McGinty JF, Ron D, Becker HC. Increasing Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in medial prefrontal cortex selectively reduces excessive drinking in ethanol dependent mice. Neuropharmacology. 2018 09 15; 140:35-42. PMID: 30056122.
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    10. Nimitvilai S, Lopez MF, Woodward JJ. Effects of monoamines on the intrinsic excitability of lateral orbitofrontal cortex neurons in alcohol-dependent and non-dependent female mice. Neuropharmacology. 2018 07 15; 137:1-12. PMID: 29689260.
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    11. Osterndorff-Kahanek EA, Tiwari GR, Lopez MF, Becker HC, Harris RA, Mayfield RD. Long-term ethanol exposure: Temporal pattern of microRNA expression and associated mRNA gene networks in mouse brain. PLoS One. 2018; 13(1):e0190841. PMID: 29315347.
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    12. Farris SP, Riley BP, Williams RW, Mulligan MK, Miles MF, Lopez MF, Hitzemann R, Iancu OD, Colville A, Walter NAR, Darakjian P, Oberbeck DL, Daunais JB, Zheng CL, Searles RP, McWeeney SK, Grant KA, Mayfield RD. Cross-species molecular dissection across alcohol behavioral domains. Alcohol. 2018 11; 72:19-31. PMID: 30213503.
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    13. Laguesse S, Morisot N, Shin JH, Liu F, Adrover MF, Sakhai SA, Lopez MF, Phamluong K, Griffin WC, Becker HC, Bender KJ, Alvarez VA, Ron D. Prosapip1-Dependent Synaptic Adaptations in the Nucleus Accumbens Drive Alcohol Intake, Seeking, and Reward. Neuron. 2017 Sep 27; 96(1):145-159.e8. PMID: 28890345.
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    14. Nimitvilai S, Lopez MF, Mulholland PJ, Woodward JJ. Ethanol Dependence Abolishes Monoamine and GIRK (Kir3) Channel Inhibition of Orbitofrontal Cortex Excitability. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2017 Aug; 42(9):1800-1812. PMID: 28139680.
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    15. Porcu P, O'Buckley TK, Lopez MF, Becker HC, Miles MF, Williams RW, Morrow AL. Initial genetic dissection of serum neuroactive steroids following chronic intermittent ethanol across BXD mouse strains. Alcohol. 2017 Feb; 58:107-125. PMID: 27884493.
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    16. van der Vaart AD, Wolstenholme JT, Smith ML, Harris GM, Lopez MF, Wolen AR, Becker HC, Williams RW, Miles MF. The allostatic impact of chronic ethanol on gene expression: A genetic analysis of chronic intermittent ethanol treatment in the BXD cohort. Alcohol. 2017 Feb; 58:93-106. PMID: 27838001.
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    17. Mulligan MK, Mozhui K, Pandey AK, Smith ML, Gong S, Ingels J, Miles MF, Lopez MF, Lu L, Williams RW. Genetic divergence in the transcriptional engram of chronic alcohol abuse: A laser-capture RNA-seq study of the mouse mesocorticolimbic system. Alcohol. 2017 Feb; 58:61-72. PMID: 27894806.
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    18. Lopez MF, Miles MF, Williams RW, Becker HC. Variable effects of chronic intermittent ethanol exposure on ethanol drinking in a genetically diverse mouse cohort. Alcohol. 2017 Feb; 58:73-82. PMID: 27793543.
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    19. Rinker JA, Fulmer DB, Trantham-Davidson H, Smith ML, Williams RW, Lopez MF, Randall PK, Chandler LJ, Miles MF, Becker HC, Mulholland PJ. Differential potassium channel gene regulation in BXD mice reveals novel targets for pharmacogenetic therapies to reduce heavy alcohol drinking. Alcohol. 2017 Feb; 58:33-45. PMID: 27432260.
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    20. Siciliano CA, Locke JL, Mathews TA, Lopez MF, Becker HC, Jones SR. Dopamine synthesis in alcohol drinking-prone and -resistant mouse strains. Alcohol. 2017 Feb; 58:25-32. PMID: 27425261.
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    21. Rose JH, Karkhanis AN, Chen R, Gioia D, Lopez MF, Becker HC, McCool BA, Jones SR. Supersensitive Kappa Opioid Receptors Promotes Ethanol Withdrawal-Related Behaviors and Reduce Dopamine Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2016 05; 19(5). PMID: 26625893.
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    22. Anderson RI, Lopez MF, Becker HC. Forced swim stress increases ethanol consumption in C57BL/6J mice with a history of chronic intermittent ethanol exposure. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2016 06; 233(11):2035-2043. PMID: 26935824.
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    23. Anderson RI, Lopez MF, Becker HC. Stress-Induced Enhancement of Ethanol Intake in C57BL/6J Mice with a History of Chronic Ethanol Exposure: Involvement of Kappa Opioid Receptors. Front Cell Neurosci. 2016; 10:45. PMID: 26941607.
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    24. Lopez MF, Moorman DE, Aston-Jones G, Becker HC. The highly selective orexin/hypocretin 1 receptor antagonist GSK1059865 potently reduces ethanol drinking in ethanol dependent mice. Brain Res. 2016 Apr 01; 1636:74-80. PMID: 26851547.
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    25. Lopez MF, Anderson RI, Becker HC. Effect of different stressors on voluntary ethanol intake in ethanol-dependent and nondependent C57BL/6J mice. Alcohol. 2016 Mar; 51:17-23. PMID: 26992696.
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    26. Smith ML, Lopez MF, Archer KJ, Wolen AR, Becker HC, Miles MF. Time-Course Analysis of Brain Regional Expression Network Responses to Chronic Intermittent Ethanol and Withdrawal: Implications for Mechanisms Underlying Excessive Ethanol Consumption. PLoS One. 2016; 11(1):e0146257. PMID: 26730594.
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    27. Nimitvilai S, Lopez MF, Mulholland PJ, Woodward JJ. Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Exposure Enhances the Excitability and Synaptic Plasticity of Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex Neurons and Induces a Tolerance to the Acute Inhibitory Actions of Ethanol. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016 Mar; 41(4):1112-27. PMID: 26286839.
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    28. Suchankova P, Yan J, Schwandt ML, Stangl BL, Caparelli EC, Momenan R, Jerlhag E, Engel JA, Hodgkinson CA, Egli M, Lopez MF, Becker HC, Goldman D, Heilig M, Ramchandani VA, Leggio L. The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor as a potential treatment target in alcohol use disorder: evidence from human genetic association studies and a mouse model of alcohol dependence. Transl Psychiatry. 2015 Jun 16; 5:e583. PMID: 26080318.
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    29. Osterndorff-Kahanek EA, Becker HC, Lopez MF, Farris SP, Tiwari GR, Nunez YO, Harris RA, Mayfield RD. Chronic ethanol exposure produces time- and brain region-dependent changes in gene coexpression networks. PLoS One. 2015; 10(3):e0121522. PMID: 25803291.
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    30. Padula AE, Griffin WC, Lopez MF, Nimitvilai S, Cannady R, McGuier NS, Chesler EJ, Miles MF, Williams RW, Randall PK, Woodward JJ, Becker HC, Mulholland PJ. KCNN Genes that Encode Small-Conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels Influence Alcohol and Drug Addiction. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2015 Jul; 40(8):1928-39. PMID: 25662840.
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    31. Lopez MF, Laber K. Impact of social isolation and enriched environment during adolescence on voluntary ethanol intake and anxiety in C57BL/6J mice. Physiol Behav. 2015 Sep 01; 148:151-6. PMID: 25446196.
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    32. McGuier NS, Padula AE, Lopez MF, Woodward JJ, Mulholland PJ. Withdrawal from chronic intermittent alcohol exposure increases dendritic spine density in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex of mice. Alcohol. 2015 Feb; 49(1):21-7. PMID: 25468278.
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    33. Maldonado-Devincci AM, Cook JB, O'Buckley TK, Morrow DH, McKinley RE, Lopez MF, Becker HC, Morrow AL. Chronic intermittent ethanol exposure and withdrawal alters (3a,5a)-3-hydroxy-pregnan-20-one immunostaining in cortical and limbic brain regions of C57BL/6J mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Oct; 38(10):2561-71. PMID: 25293837.
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    34. Lopez MF, Becker HC, Chandler LJ. Repeated episodes of chronic intermittent ethanol promote insensitivity to devaluation of the reinforcing effect of ethanol. Alcohol. 2014 Nov; 48(7):639-45. PMID: 25266936.
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    35. Gass JT, Glen WB, McGonigal JT, Trantham-Davidson H, Lopez MF, Randall PK, Yaxley R, Floresco SB, Chandler LJ. Adolescent alcohol exposure reduces behavioral flexibility, promotes disinhibition, and increases resistance to extinction of ethanol self-administration in adulthood. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014 Oct; 39(11):2570-83. PMID: 24820536.
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    36. Lopez MF, Becker HC. Operant ethanol self-administration in ethanol dependent mice. Alcohol. 2014 May; 48(3):295-9. PMID: 24721194.
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    37. Trantham-Davidson H, Burnett EJ, Gass JT, Lopez MF, Mulholland PJ, Centanni SW, Floresco SB, Chandler LJ. Chronic alcohol disrupts dopamine receptor activity and the cognitive function of the medial prefrontal cortex. J Neurosci. 2014 Mar 05; 34(10):3706-18. PMID: 24599469.
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    38. Bell RL, Lopez MF, Cui C, Egli M, Johnson KW, Franklin KM, Becker HC. Ibudilast reduces alcohol drinking in multiple animal models of alcohol dependence. Addict Biol. 2015 Jan; 20(1):38-42. PMID: 24215262.
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    39. Padula AE, McGuier NS, Griffin WC, Lopez MF, Becker HC, Mulholland PJ. Novel anticonvulsants for reducing alcohol consumption: A review of evidence from preclinical rodent drinking models. OA Alcohol. 2013 Feb 01; 1(1):2. PMID: 24432188.
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    40. Carrara-Nascimento PF, Lopez MF, Becker HC, Olive MF, Camarini R. Similar ethanol drinking in adolescent and adult C57BL/6J mice after chronic ethanol exposure and withdrawal. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013 Jun; 37(6):961-8. PMID: 23298188.
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    41. Lopez MF, Griffin WC, Melendez RI, Becker HC. Repeated cycles of chronic intermittent ethanol exposure leads to the development of tolerance to aversive effects of ethanol in C57BL/6J mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2012 Jul; 36(7):1180-7. PMID: 22309159.
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    42. Becker HC. Effects of alcohol dependence and withdrawal on stress responsiveness and alcohol consumption. Alcohol Res. 2012; 34(4):448-58. PMID: 23584111.
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    43. Becker HC, Lopez MF, Doremus-Fitzwater TL. Effects of stress on alcohol drinking: a review of animal studies. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2011 Nov; 218(1):131-56. PMID: 21850445.
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    44. Lopez MF, Grahame NJ, Becker HC. Development of ethanol withdrawal-related sensitization and relapse drinking in mice selected for high- or low-ethanol preference. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 May; 35(5):953-62. PMID: 21314693.
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    45. Lopez MF, Doremus-Fitzwater TL, Becker HC. Chronic social isolation and chronic variable stress during early development induce later elevated ethanol intake in adult C57BL/6J mice. Alcohol. 2011 Jun; 45(4):355-64. PMID: 20880662.
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    46. Morrow AL, Biggio G, Serra M, Becker HC, Lopez MF, Porcu P, Alward SE, O'Buckley TK. The role of neuroactive steroids in ethanol/stress interactions: proceedings of symposium VII at the Volterra conference on alcohol and stress, May 2008. Alcohol. 2009 Nov; 43(7):521-30. PMID: 19913195.
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    47. Griffin WC, Lopez MF, Becker HC. Intensity and duration of chronic ethanol exposure is critical for subsequent escalation of voluntary ethanol drinking in mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009 Nov; 33(11):1893-900. PMID: 19673744.
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    48. Griffin WC, Lopez MF, Yanke AB, Middaugh LD, Becker HC. Repeated cycles of chronic intermittent ethanol exposure in mice increases voluntary ethanol drinking and ethanol concentrations in the nucleus accumbens. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2009 Jan; 201(4):569-80. PMID: 18791704.
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    49. Laber K, Veatch LM, Lopez MF, Mulligan JK, Lathers DM. Effects of housing density on weight gain, immune function, behavior, and plasma corticosterone concentrations in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2008 Mar; 47(2):16-23. PMID: 18351717.
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    50. Goldowitz D, Matthews DB, Hamre KM, Mittleman G, Chesler EJ, Becker HC, Lopez MF, Jones SR, Mathews TA, Miles MF, Kerns R, Grant KA. Progress in using mouse inbred strains, consomics, and mutants to identify genes related to stress, anxiety, and alcohol phenotypes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2006 Jun; 30(6):1066-78. PMID: 16737467.
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    51. Lopez MF, Becker HC. Effect of pattern and number of chronic ethanol exposures on subsequent voluntary ethanol intake in C57BL/6J mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2005 Oct; 181(4):688-96. PMID: 16001125.
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    52. Little HJ, Stephens DN, Ripley TL, Borlikova G, Duka T, Schubert M, Albrecht D, Becker HC, Lopez MF, Weiss F, Drummond C, Peoples M, Cunningham C. Alcohol withdrawal and conditioning. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2005 Mar; 29(3):453-64. PMID: 15770122.
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    53. Becker HC, Lopez MF. Increased ethanol drinking after repeated chronic ethanol exposure and withdrawal experience in C57BL/6 mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2004 Dec; 28(12):1829-38. PMID: 15608599.
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    54. Lopez M, Simpson D, White N, Randall C. Age- and sex-related differences in alcohol and nicotine effects in C57BL/6J mice. Addict Biol. 2003 Dec; 8(4):419-27. PMID: 14690878.
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    55. Lopez MF, White NM, Randall CL. Alcohol tolerance and nicotine cross-tolerance in adolescent mice. Addict Biol. 2001 Apr; 6(2):119-127. PMID: 11341851.
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    56. Pepino MY, López MF, Spear NE, Molina JC. Infant rats respond differently to alcohol after nursing from an alcohol-intoxicated dam. Alcohol. 1999 Jun-Jul; 18(2-3):189-201. PMID: 10456571.
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    57. Domínguez HD, López MF, Molina JC. Interactions between perinatal and neonatal associative learning defined by contiguous olfactory and tactile stimulation. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 1999 May; 71(3):272-88. PMID: 10196106.
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    58. López MF, Molina JC. Chronic alcohol administration in the rat pup: effects upon later consumption of alcohol and other palatable solutions. Addict Biol. 1999 Apr; 4(2):169-79. PMID: 20575783.
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    59. Domínguez HD, López MF, Molina JC. Neonatal responsiveness to alcohol odor and infant alcohol intake as a function of alcohol experience during late gestation. Alcohol. 1998 Aug; 16(2):109-17. PMID: 9665312.
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    60. Pepino MY, Kraebel KS, López MF, Spear NE, Molina JC. Behavioral detection of low concentrations of ethanol in milk in the preweanling rat. Alcohol. 1998 May; 15(4):337-53. PMID: 9590520.
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    61. Lopez MF, Spear NE, Molina JC. Ontogenetic differences in the expression of olfactory-conditioned aversions resulting from a state of acute alcohol intoxication in the rat. Alcohol. 1996 Sep-Oct; 13(5):473-81. PMID: 8888944.
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    62. Dominguez HD, Lopez MF, Chotro MG, Molina JC. Perinatal responsiveness to alcohol's chemosensory cues as a function of prenatal alcohol administration during gestational days 17-20 in the rat. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 1996 Mar; 65(2):103-12. PMID: 8833099.
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