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ArticleNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2019

Sex differences in opioid reinforcement under a fentanyl vs. food choice procedure in rats.

E Andrew Townsend, S Stevens Negus, S Barak Caine, Morgane Thomsen, Matthew L Banks

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Article in Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. The Role of the Rat Prefrontal Cortex and Sex Differences in Decision-Making.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

E Andrew TownsendDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
S Stevens NegusDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
S Barak CaineMcLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA.
Morgane ThomsenPsychiatric Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Matthew L BanksDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. matthew.banks@vcuhealth.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-5246

Funding

TRAINING IN THE PHARMACOLOGY OF ABUSED DRUGST32DA007027 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI William L. Dewey · 1985 to 2026
$14.7M
Immunopharmacotherapy for Mitigating Opioid AddictionUH3DA041146 · NIDA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI JANDA, KIM · 2017 to 2019
$4.4M
Immunoantagonist effects on opioid choiceF32DA047026 · NIDA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI TOWNSEND, EDWARD ANDREW · 2019 to 2020
$95k
NIDA NIH HHS F32 DA047026NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007027NIDA NIH HHS UH3 DA041146
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical evidence suggest that men are more sensitive than women to the abuse-related effects of mu-opioid agonists. In contrast, preclinical studies suggest the opposite sex difference. The aim of the present study was to clarify this discrepancy using a fentanyl vs. diluted Ensure

Indexed as

Reinforcement, PsychologySex CharacteristicsAnalgesics, OpioidAnimalsChoice BehaviorDietary SucroseFemaleFentanylFood, FormulatedFood PreferencesMaleRats, Sprague-DawleyReinforcement ScheduleAnalgesics, OpioidDietary SucroseEnsure formulated foodFentanyl

Identifiers

PMID30818323
PMCPMC6898628

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