Retraction Note to: Mol Biol Rep (2014) 41:8303–8317 DOI 10.1007/s11033-014-3731-3

The article “Identification of gene expression profile in the rat brain resulting from acute alcohol intoxication”, published in Mol Biol Rep, (2014, 41:8303–8317, DOI 10.1007/s11033-014-3731-3), is retracted by agreement between the authors and the Editor in Chief. Consent for publication was not provided by all of the participants in the main research group; in addition the original experimental data was matched to incorrect rat samples, and significant statistical errors were found in the Results section.