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NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 118-130Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(00)00248-7
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locomotion; rearing; stereotypy; gonadal hormones; psychostimulant
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- NIDA NIH HHS [DA09079] Funding Source: Medline
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Sex differences in biological substrates of drug use and addiction are poorly understood. The present study investigated sexual dimorphisms in motor behavior following acute cocaine administration (10, 20, or 40 mg/kg, i.p.). Cocaine increased stereotypy rating, horizontal and vertical activity in both sexes, and effects were always greater in females than males. A population analysis using data from multiple experiments indicated that horizontal activity scores were normally distributed in males but not in females. Gonadectomy induced disparate effects on cocaine-stimulated motor behavior. Population analysis indicated that castrated males exhibited more horizontal activity and stereotypy than shams. Ovariectomy did not affect cocaine-stimulated stereotypy brit did attenuate horizontal activity in a subset of rats that had not been vaginally lavaged. In summary, gonadectomy effects were sex and behavioral topography specific and indicate that activational effects of gonadal hormones partially mediate the robust sex differences in cocaine-stimulated open-field behavior. [Neuropsychopharmacology 25:118-130, 2001] (C) 2001 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Published by Elsevier Science Inc.
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