Plasma progesterone levels and cocaine-seeking in freely cycling female rats across the estrous cycle

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 183-189

  Feltenstein, Matthew W ^a   See, Ronald E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Estrous cycle; Female; Progesterone; Reinstatement; Self administration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; VAGINA SMEAR; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MOTIVATION; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34248546635     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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