Sex and estrous cycle differences in cocaine-induced approach-avoidance conflict

Addiction Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-229

  Kerstetter, Kerry A ^a   Su, Zu In ^a   Ettenberg, Aaron ^a   Kippin, Tod E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; conflict; drug reinforcement; runway; self administration; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84874411253     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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