ArticleCurrent opinion in behavioral sciences2018
Addiction and Dopamine: Sex Differences and Insights from Studies of Smoking.
Article in Current opinion in behavioral sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- No Evidence of Association Between Human 24-Hour Urinary Dopamine and Weight, BMI or Glucose Homeostasis in a Retrospective Analysis.International journal of endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Interaction BetweenNeurology international · 2025Article
- rTMS for Co-occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: Narrative Review and Future Directions.Current addiction reports · 2024Article
- Smoking, tobacco dependence, and neurometabolites in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Article
- Sex differences in dopamine release regulation in the striatum.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2021Review
- Sex-specific effects of cigarette smoking on caudate and amygdala volume and resting-state functional connectivity.Brain imaging and behavior · 2021Article
- The role of sex in the persistent effects of adolescent alcohol exposure on behavior and neurobiology in rodents.International review of neurobiology · 2021Review
- Subjective response to intranasal nicotine administration in oral contraceptive users and naturally-cycling women.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
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Abstract
Mesolimbic dopaminergic function influences addiction through effects on reinforcement learning, decision-making, and impulsivity. This review covers sex differences in dopaminergic neurochemistry, their hormonal and genetic determinants, and how differences in dopaminergic tone interact with sex and/or ovarian hormone status to affect cognitive functions. Findings from research on cigarette smoking reveal sex differences in striatal and midbrain dopamine D2-type receptor availability and striatal dopamine release that suggest mechanisms of nicotine dependence, and stronger subjective responses to nicotine and efficacy of nicotine replacement therapies in male smokers than in their female counterparts. Opportunities exist to extend such efforts in studies of how sex and hormone status influence other addictions.
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