Early-life stress and ovarian hormones alter transcriptional regulation in the nucleus accumbens resulting in sex-specific responses to cocaine

Summary: Early-life stress and ovarian hormones contribute to increased female vulnerability to cocaine addiction. Here, we reveal molecular substrates in the reward area, the nucleus accumbens, through which these female-specific factors affect immediate and conditioning responses to cocaine. We fi...

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Main Authors: Devin Rocks, Ivana Jaric, Fabio Bellia, Heining Cham, John M. Greally, Masako Suzuki, Marija Kundakovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Cell Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124723011993