Hormones
Research from University of Michigan, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute in the area of hormones described
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 29th, 2007
Fresh data on hormones are presented in the report 'Interactions among ovarian hormones and time of testing on behavioral sensitization and cocaine self-administration.' "Ovarian hormones play a role in the use of drugs of abuse in women. In female rats estradiol has been shown to enhance acquisition of cocaine self-administration and behavioral sensitization induced by repeated cocaine treatment," scientists writing in the journal Behavioural Brain Research report.
"Experiments were conducted to determine the effects of estradiol and/or progesterone on cocaine self-administration and behavioral sensitization to cocaine (10mg/kg; in animals with unilateral...
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