Acute, but not repeated, cocaine exposure alters allopregnanolone levels in the midbrain of male and female rats.
Minna H McFarlandMeira M F MachadoGriffin M SansburyKate C MusselmanGiorgia BoeroTodd K O'BuckleyCrystal C CarrA Leslie MorrowDonita L RobinsonPublished in: Psychopharmacology (2024)
Collectively these results suggest that allopregnanolone levels vary across brain regions and by sex, which may play a part in differential responses to cocaine by sex.