Chronic ethanol drinking increases during the luteal menstrual cycle phase in rhesus monkeys: implication of progesterone and related neurosteroids

• Published in: Psychopharmacology Vol. 236; no. 6; pp. 1817 - 1828
• Main Authors: Dozier, Brandy L., Stull, Cara A., Baker, Erich J., Ford, Matthew M., Jensen, Jeremiah P., Finn, Deborah A., Grant, Kathleen A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alcohol; Alcohol use; Alcohol, Denatured; Alcohols; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Drinking behavior; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Ethanol; Menstrual cycle; Menstruation; Monkeys; Neurosciences; Neurosteroids; Original Investigation; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Progesterone; Psychiatry; Steroid hormones; Steroids; Variation; Self-administration; Luteal phase; Menstrual cycle; Monkey; Alcohol; Female; Neurosteroid; Progesterone

Rationale Sporadic reports of alcohol consumption being linked to menstrual cycle phase highlight the need to consider hormonally characterized menstrual cycle phase in understanding the sex-specific effects of risk for alcohol drinking in women. Objectives We investigated the association between me...