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ArticleJournal of the experimental analysis of behavior2022

Sex and age differences in approach behavior toward a port that delivers nicotine vapor.

Veronika E Espinoza, Priscilla Giner, Isabella Liano, Ian A Mendez, Laura E O'Dell

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Article in Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Impact of flavorants on nicotine vapor self-administration in adolescent mice: Cherry on top?The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2025
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  5. Adult Consequences of Repeated Nicotine Vapor Inhalation in Adolescent Rats.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024
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  6. Factors influencing JUUL e-cigarette nicotine vapour-induced reward, withdrawal, pharmacokinetics and brain connectivity in rats: sex matters.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024
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  7. Rats chasing the dragon: A new heroin inhalation method.Journal of neuroscience methods · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Veronika E EspinozaDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso.
Priscilla GinerDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso.
Isabella LianoDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso.
Ian A MendezDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso.
Laura E O'DellDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso.
The University of Texas at El Paso · US

Funding

Sex Differences in the Mechanisms that Promote Nicotine Reward and WithdrawalR01DA021274 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI ODELL, LAURA ELENA · 2007 to 2019
$4.4M
Summer Mentoring And Research Training: Methods In Neuroscience of Drug-abuse (SMART-MIND)R25DA033613 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI Karina C Canaba, LAURA ELENA ODELL · 2012 to 2026
$1.5M
Preventative Biomarkers and Potential Pharmacotherapies for Nicotine Use and DiabetesR16GM145551 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI ODELL, LAURA ELENA · 2022 to 2025
$614k
Assessing the effects of adolescent nicotine vapor exposure on motivation and decision for rewardsSC2DA052119 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI MENDEZ, IAN ALFREDO · 2020 to 2022
$574k
NIDA NIH HHS DA021274NIDA NIH HHS DA033613NIDA NIH HHS DA052119NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA021274NIDA NIH HHS R25 DA033613NIDA NIH HHS SC2 DA052119NIGMS NIH HHS R16 GM145551
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The goal of our laboratory is to study the mechanisms that promote nicotine use, particularly in vulnerable populations. To more closely mimic human use patterns, the present study employed nicotine vapor methods involving passive exposure for 14 days in adolescent and adult female and male rats. Age and sex differences in approach behavior (nosepokes) were assessed in a port that delivered nicotine plumes on Day 1 and 14 of our exposure regimen. Controls received ambient air in exposure chambers. After the final session, rats received a nicotinic receptor antagonist to precipitate withdrawal. Then, physical signs, anxiety-like behavior, and plasma levels of cotinine (a nicotine metabolite) were assessed. Over time, females displayed a larger increase in approach behavior to the nicotine port than males, an effect that was larger in adolescents. Nosepoke responses in adolescent females were correlated with anxiety-like behavior, but not physical signs of withdrawal. Adolescents gained more weight than adults regardless of treatment, and the weight gain was larger in male adolescents. Female adolescents also displayed the highest levels of cotinine than all other groups. These findings suggest that nicotine vapor produces greater motivational effects in adolescent females as compared to their adult and male counterparts.

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NicotineSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeAnimalsAnxietyChoice BehaviorCotinineFemaleMaleRatsCotinineNicotinee-cigarettemotivationplumesratreward

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PMID35338651
PMCPMC10266557
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