Sex differences in impulsive action and impulsive choice

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1573-1579

  Weafer, Jessica ^a   de Wit, Harriet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Humans; Impulsive action; Impulsive choice; Laboratory animals; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICE; NEUROIMAGING; RATS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84905030633     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.10.033     Document Type: Article

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