Effect of progesterone administration in male and female smokers on nicotine withdrawal and neural response to smoking cues: role of progesterone conversion to allopregnanolone
Highlights Progesterone has sex-dependent effects on smoking measures in individuals with Tobacco Use Disorder. Higher conversion of progesterone to allopregnanolone (as indicated by the allopregnanolone:progesterone ratio) was associated with lower nicotine withdrawal in female but not male smokers...
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| Main Authors: |
Andrew M. Novick,
Korrina A. Duffy,
Rachel L. Johnson,
Mary D. Sammel,
Wen Cao,
Andrew A. Strasser,
Mehmet Sofuoglu,
Alexandra Kuzma,
James Loughead,
A. Leslie Morrow,
C. Neill Epperson |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Biology of Sex Differences
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-022-00472-w
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