Sex differences in selecting between food and cocaine reinforcement are mediated by estrogen

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2605-2614

  Kerstetter, Kerry A ^a   Ballis, Maya A ^a   Duffin Lutgen, Stevie ^a   Carr, Amanda E ^a   Behrens, Alexandra M ^a   Kippin, Tod E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

choice; cocaine; estrogen; ovariectomy; self administration; sex differences

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84867572975     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2012.99     Document Type: Article

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