Sex differences in the effects of cocaine abuse across the life span

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-215

  Dow Edwards, Diana ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain function; Pregnancy; Psychostimulants

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; QUIPAZINE; SEROTONIN; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG ABUSE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; AGE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; TIME; TOXICITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; SEROTONIN; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952290305     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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