Attenuation of cocaine-seeking by progesterone treatment in female rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-352

  Feltenstein, Matthew W ^a   Byrd, Elizabeth A ^a   Henderson, Alisha R ^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

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VAGINA CYTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ESTROUS CYCLE; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59249093606     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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