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Females develop features of an addiction-like phenotype sooner during withdrawal than males.
Psychopharmacology - 1 Aug 2021
Towers Eleanor Blair, Bakhti-Suroosh Anousheh, Lynch Wendy J
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Women meet criteria for substance use disorder after fewer years of drug use than men; this accelerated time course, or telescoping effect, has been observed for multiple drugs, including cocaine. Preclinical findings similarly indicate an enhanced vulnerability in females to developing an addiction-like phenotype; however, it is not yet known if this phenotype develops faster in females versus males....
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