Food restriction-induced augmentation of heroin seeking in female rats: manipulations of ovarian hormones.

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Food restriction augments heroin seeking in chronically food-restricted male rats under withdrawal, an effect not yet examined in female rats. Importantly, women and female rats possess an increased vulnerability to drugs of abuse, which may be mediated by fluctuations in ovarian hormones.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Psychopharmacology (Berl)

Title: Psychopharmacology

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

ISSN (Electronic): 1432-2072

ISSN (Print): 0033-3158

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2015

Volume: 232

Issue: 20

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[1 ] Department of Psychology, Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology/Groupe de Recherche en Neurobiologie Comportementale, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-4037-4

PubMed ID: 26246318

SO-VID: 633bd760-1846-4aa7-84ef-00a298dbec31

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