Individual differences in psychostimulant responses of female rats are associated with ovarian hormones and dopamine neuroanatomy

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2267-2277

  Walker, Q David ^a   Johnson, Misha L ^a   Van Swearingen, Amanda E D ^a   Arrant, Andrew E ^a   Caster, Joseph M ^a   Kuhn, Cynthia M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Dopamine; Individual differences; Ovarian hormones; Sex differences; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE; HORMONE; OVARY HORMONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; UTERUS WEIGHT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84863394528     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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