Estradiol as a mechanism for sex differences in the development of an addicted phenotype following extended access cocaine self-administration

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1698-1705

  Ramôa, Carolina P ^a   Doyle, Susan E ^a   Naim, Diana W ^a   Lynch, Wendy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

addicted phenotype; cocaine; estradiol; extended access; self administration; sex differences

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VAGINA CYTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MOTIVATION; OVARIECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84880326863     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.68     Document Type: Article

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