Letter to the Editor PPARα Agonists Reduce Alcohol Drinking: Do They Act in the Brain or in the Liver?
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Eduardo Karahanian1,*, Mario Rivera-Meza2, María Elena Quintanilla2, Daniel Muñoz1, Katia Fernández3, and Yedy Israel2 Center for Biomedical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Program of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, and Faculty of Health and Dentistry, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
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PPARα Agonists Reduce Alcohol Drinking: Do They Act in the Brain or in the Liver?
Eduardo Karahanian1,*, Mario Rivera-Meza2, María Elena Quintanilla2, Daniel Muñoz1, Katia Fernández3, and Yedy Israel2 Center for Biomedical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Program of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, and Faculty of Health and De...
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