Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 343-352 , April 2009

Attenuation of cocaine-seeking by progesterone treatment in female rats

Received 11 June 2008 ,Revised 15 September 2008 ,Accepted 22 September 2008.

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