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Pulmonary Cell NewsScientists used a well-established rat model to expose mother dams to alcohol, nicotine-alcohol, and saline perinatally. Dopamine (DA) and non-DA neurons collected from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the rat pups were used to study expression profiles of miRNAs and mRNAs.
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