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Estradiol increases the sensitivity of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons to dopamine and ethanol
Gender differences in psychiatric disorders such as addiction may be modulated by the steroid hormone estrogen. For instance, 17β-estradiol (E2), the predominant form of circulating estrogen in pre-menopausal females, increases ethanol consumption, suggesting that E2 may affect the rewarding propert...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5673180/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29107956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187698 |