Females are more vulnerable to drug abuse than males: Evidence from preclinical studies and the role of ovarian hormones

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages 73-96

  Anker, Justin J ^a   Carroll, Marilyn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Estrogen; Progesterone; Rats; Sex differences; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GESTAGEN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN DARPP 32; PROGESTERONE; DOPAMINE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ESTRUS CYCLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RELAPSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADAL HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 80053302164     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2010_93     Document Type: Article

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