Effects of sex and gonadectomy on cocaine metabolism in the rat

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1316-1323

  Bowman, Brian P ^a   Vaughan, Sharya R ^a   Walker, Q David ^a   Davis, Susan L ^a   Little, Patrick J ^a   Scheffler, Nicole M ^b   Thomas, Brian F ^b   Kuhn, Cynthia M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; STEROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCAINE; FEMALE; KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NARCOTICS; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032810561     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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