Effects of combined exercise and progesterone treatments on cocaine seeking in male and female rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3787-3798

  Zlebnik, Natalie E ^a   Saykao, Amy T ^a   Carroll, Marilyn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cocaine; Exercise; Progesterone; Reinstatement; Relapse; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; RUNNING; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; COCAINE; CUES; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RUNNING; SELF ADMINISTRATION; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 84906933744     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3513-6     Document Type: Article

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