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Estradiol as a mechanism for sex differences in the development of an addicted phenotype following extended access cocaine self-administration.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Aug 2013
Ramôa Carolina P, Doyle Susan E, Naim Diana W, Lynch Wendy J
Abstract excerpt
Women progress more rapidly after initial cocaine use to addiction as compared with men. Similarly, female rats appear to require less cocaine exposure before developing an addicted phenotype with evidence implicating estradiol as a potential mechanism. The goals of this study were to determine whether there are sex differences in the magnitude of the addicted phenotype under optimized conditions that induce its...
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