Enduring changes in brain and behavior produced by chronic amphetamine administration: A review and evaluation of animal models of amphetamine psychosis
- T. Robinson, J. Becker
- Psychology, BiologyBrain Research Reviews
- 1 June 1986
Gender Differences in Dopaminergic Function in Striatum and Nucleus Accumbens
- J. Becker
- BiologyPharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior
- 1 December 1999
Leptin acts via leptin receptor-expressing lateral hypothalamic neurons to modulate the mesolimbic dopamine system and suppress feeding.
- G. Leinninger, Y. Jo, M. Myers
- Biology, PsychologyCell Metabolism
- 6 August 2009
Biological Basis of Sex Differences in the Propensity to Self-administer Cocaine
- Ming Hu, H. Crombag, T. Robinson, J. Becker
- Biology, PsychologyNeuropsychopharmacology
- 2004
It is reported here that independent of circulating gonadal hormones, female rats acquire cocaine self-administration behavior more rapidly, and they self-administer more cocaine at a faster rate than do male rats, which indicates that there is an intrinsic difference between male and female subjects in the neural systems mediating drug-seeking behavior due to sexual differentiation of the brain.
Sex differences in the neural mechanisms mediating addiction: a new synthesis and hypothesis
- J. Becker, Adam N. Perry, C. Westenbroek
- Psychology, BiologyBiology of Sex Differences
- 7 June 2012
Historical, cultural, social and biological bases for sex differences in addiction with an emphasis on sex Differences in the neurotransmitter systems that are implicated are discussed.
Leptin action via neurotensin neurons controls orexin, the mesolimbic dopamine system and energy balance.
- G. Leinninger, Darren M Opland, M. Myers
- BiologyCell Metabolism
- 7 September 2011
Sex Differences and Hormonal Influences on Acquisition of Cocaine Self-Administration in Rats
- L. Jackson, T. Robinson, J. Becker
- Biology, PsychologyNeuropsychopharmacology
- 2006
There is a sex difference in the effects of estradiol on cocaine self-administration: it facilitates acquisition in female, but not male rats; and in females concurrent progesterone treatment counteracts the facilitory effect of estrogens.
Sex Differences in Animal Models: Focus on Addiction
Major quantitative, population, and mechanistic sex differences in the addiction domain are outlined using a heuristic framework of the three established stages of the addiction cycle: binge/intoxication, withdrawal/negative affect, and preoccupation/anticipation.
Strategies and methods for research on sex differences in brain and behavior.
Methods and procedures are described to assist scientists new to the field in designing and conducting experiments to investigate sex differences in research involving both laboratory animals and humans.
...
...