Behavioral effects of endogenous or exogenous estradiol and progesterone on cocaine sensitization in female rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 505-514

  Souza, M F ^a   Couto Pereira, N S ^b   Freese, L ^a   Costa, P A ^a   Caletti, G ^a   Bisognin, K M ^a   Nin, M S ^a,c   Gomez, R ^b   Barros, H M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Estradiol; Female rats; Locomotor activity; Progesterone; Stereotypic activity

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STEREOTYPY; VAGINA SMEAR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIECTOMY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; COCAINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84901674698     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1414-431X20143627     Document Type: Article

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