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Sex chromosome complement influences vulnerability to cocaine in mice.
Hormones and behavior - 1 Sept 2020
Martini Mariangela, Irvin Joshua W, Lee Christina G, Lynch Wendy J, Rissman Emilie F
Abstract excerpt
Women acquire cocaine habits faster and are more motivated to obtain drug than men. In general, female rodents acquire intravenous cocaine self-administration (SA) faster and show greater locomotor responses to cocaine than males. Sex differences are attributed to differences in circulating estradiol. We used the four core genotype (FCG) mouse to ask whether sex chromosome complement influences vulnerability to...
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