Genders and the concurrent use of cocaine and alcohol: Pharmacological aspects

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-70

  Graziani, Manuela ^a,b   Nencini, Paolo ^a,b   Nisticò, Robert ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cocaethylene; Cocaine; Gender; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOCOCAINE; NALTREXONE; PREGABALIN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WELLBEING; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG HALF LIFE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENDER BIAS; HORMONE ACTION; LIVER FUNCTION; PHARMACODYNAMICS; SUBSTANCE USE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; DRUG INTERACTION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84903833110     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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