Comparison of behavioral sensitization to ecstasy in mouse males and ovariectomized females with and without estrogen substitution

• Authors: KUČEROVÁ Jana; ŠULCOVÁ Alexandra
• Year of publication: 2008
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Activitas Nervosa Superior
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Pharmacology and pharmaceutical chemistry
• Keywords: behavioural sensitization; ecstasy; mice; open-field; gender differences
• Description: Repeated administration of ecstasy is known to provoke behavioural sensitization to its effects. This experriment was designed to examine possible gender differences in MDMA-induced behavioral sensitization.

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