PPARα Agonists Reduce Alcohol Drinking: Do They Act in the Brain or in the Liver?

Alcohol Alcohol

Program of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Published: November 2015

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