Estrous cycle differences in cocaine-induced stereotypic and locomotor behaviors in Fischer rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-20

  Quiñones Jenab, Vanya ^a,b   Ho, Ann ^a   Schlussman, Stefan D ^a   Franck, Johan ^a   Kreek, Mary Jeanne ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

'Binge' pattern cocaine; Estrus; Female; Locomotor activity; Stereotypic behaviors

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; COCAINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033135150     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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