Why we should consider sex (and study sex differences) in addiction research

Cluster and meta-analyses on factors influencing stress-induced alcohol drinking and relapse in rodents

(2014) Hamid R. Noori et al.   ADDICTION BIOLOGY

Sex differences in drug use among polysubstance users

(2014) Ben Lewis et al.   DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Sex differences in addictive disorders

(2014) Liana Fattore et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Mouse model systems to study sex chromosome genes and behavior: Relevance to humans

(2014) Kimberly H. Cox et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Sex chromosome complement influences operant responding for a palatable food in mice

(2014) E. Seu et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Mammalian Y chromosomes retain widely expressed dosage-sensitive regulators

(2014) Daniel W. Bellott et al.   NATURE

Sex Differences in Guanfacine Effects on Drug Craving and Stress Arousal in Cocaine-Dependent Individuals

(2014) Helen C Fox et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

XY sex chromosome complement, compared with XX, in the CNS confers greater neurodegeneration during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

(2014) S. Du et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sexual differentiation of the adolescent rodent brain: Hormonal influences and developmental mechanisms

(2013) Janice M. Juraska et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Impact of pubertal and adult estradiol treatments on cocaine self-administration

(2013) Adam N. Perry et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Influence of Sex Differences and Gonadal Hormones on Cocaine Addiction

(2013) V. Quinones-Jenab et al.   ILAR JOURNAL

FOXL2: a central transcription factor of the ovary

(2013) Adrien Georges et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Dissociation of Genetic and Hormonal Influences on Sex Differences in Alcoholism-Related Behaviors

(2013) J. M. Barker et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Development of a Preference for Cocaine over Food Identifies Individual Rats with Addiction-Like Behaviors

(2013) Adam N. Perry et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of plasma and cerebrospinal fluid levels of neuroactive steroids with their brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerve levels in male and female rats

(2013) Donatella Caruso et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Global Epigenomic Reconfiguration During Mammalian Brain Development

(2013) R. Lister et al.   SCIENCE

Sex chromosome complement regulates expression of mood-related genes

(2013) Marianne L Seney et al.   Biology of Sex Differences

The human testis-determining factor SRY localizes in midbrain dopamine neurons and regulates multiple components of catecholamine synthesis and metabolism

(2012) Daniel P. Czech et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Sex Differences in the Brain: The Not So Inconvenient Truth

(2012) M. M. McCarthy et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Sex differences in microRNA regulation of gene expression: no smoke, just miRs

(2012) Christopher P Morgan et al.   Biology of Sex Differences

Sex differences in the neural mechanisms mediating addiction: a new synthesis and hypothesis

(2012) Jill B Becker et al.   Biology of Sex Differences

Epigenetic impact of simulated maternal grooming on estrogen receptor alpha within the developing amygdala

(2011) Michelle N. Edelmann et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Genes that escape from X inactivation

(2011) Joel B. Berletch et al.   HUMAN GENETICS

Rapid Estrogen Signaling in the Brain: Implications for the Fine-Tuning of Neuronal Circuitry

(2011) D. P. Srivastava et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Modulation of Brain β-Endorphin Concentration by the Specific Part of the Y Chromosome in Mice

(2011) Michel Botbol et al.   PLoS One

The end of gonad-centric sex determination in mammals

(2011) Arthur P. Arnold   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Litter Gender Composition and Sex Affect Maternal Behavior and DNA Methylation Levels of the Oprm1 Gene in Rat Offspring

(2011) Yanli Hao et al.   Frontiers in Psychiatry

Female-biased expression of long non-coding RNAs in domains that escape X-inactivation in mouse

(2010) Björn Reinius et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Sexual Dimorphism in Mammalian Autosomal Gene Regulation Is Determined Not Only by Sry but by Sex Chromosome Complement As Well

(2010) Patrick J. Wijchers et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Developmental Time Course of Estradiol, Testosterone, and Dihydrotestosterone Levels in Discrete Regions of Male and Female Rat Brain

(2010) Anne T. M. Konkle et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

How it’s Made: Organisational Effects of Hormones on the Developing Brain

(2010) M. M. McCarthy   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

High-Resolution Analysis of Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Mouse Brain

(2010) C. Gregg et al.   SCIENCE

Sex-Specific Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Mouse Brain

(2010) C. Gregg et al.   SCIENCE

Investigations of HPA function and the enduring consequences of stressors in adolescence in animal models

(2009) Cheryl M. McCormick et al.   BRAIN AND COGNITION

Sexual differentiation of motivation: A novel mechanism?

(2009) Jill B. Becker   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Back to the future: The organizational–activational hypothesis adapted to puberty and adolescence

(2009) Kalynn M. Schulz et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

The organizational–activational hypothesis as the foundation for a unified theory of sexual differentiation of all mammalian tissues

(2009) Arthur P. Arnold   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Sexual dimorphism in the adolescent brain: Role of testosterone and androgen receptor in global and local volumes of grey and white matter

(2009) T. Paus et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Sex differences and ovarian hormones in animal models of drug dependence

(2009) Marilyn E. Carroll et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Elucidating the Role of Gonadal Hormones in Sexually Dimorphic Gene Coexpression Networks

(2008) Atila van Nas et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Sex-specific genetic architecture of human disease

(2008) Carole Ober et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Epigenetic mechanisms mediating the long-term effects of maternal care on development

(2008) Frances A. Champagne et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Sex differences in drug abuse

(2007) Jill B. Becker et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Sexual dimorphism in parental imprint ontogeny and contribution to embryonic development

(2007) Déborah Bourc’his et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY