Impact of pubertal and adult estradiol treatments on cocaine self-administration

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 573-578

  Perry, Adam N ^a   Westenbroek, Christel ^a   Becker, Jill B ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Cocaine self administration; Estradiol; Motivation; Organization; Puberty; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ESTRADIOL;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACQUISITION; COCAINE SELF-ADMINISTRATION; ESTRADIOL; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84884939159     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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