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A mechanistic hypothesis of the factors that enhance vulnerability to nicotine use in females

Women are particularly more vulnerable to tobacco use than men. This review proposes a unifying hypothesis that females experience greater rewarding effects of nicotine and more intense stress produced by withdrawal than males. We also provide a neural framework whereby estrogen promotes greater rew...

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Main Authors: O'Dell, Laura E., Torres, Oscar V.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3812395/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23684991
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.04.055
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