Estradiol lowers intracranial self-stimulation thresholds and enhances cocaine facilitation of intracranial self-stimulation in rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 827-834

  Galankin, Timofey ^a   Shekunova, Elena ^a   Zvartau, Edwin ^a  

^a PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Estradiol; Reward; Self stimulation; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; REWARD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 78349313839     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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