Sex/gender effects have been demonstrated for multiple aspects of addiction, with one of the
most commonly cited examples being the “telescoping effect” where women meet criteria …

Introduction: Methamphetamine (MA) abuse remains a global health challenge despite
intense research interest in the development of pharmacological treatments. This review …

Chronic use of drugs of abuse affects neuroimmune signaling; however, there are still many
open questions regarding the interactions between neuroimmune mechanisms and …

Background: Methamphetamine is an addictive stimulant that can cause many adverse
physical, psychological and psychosocial effects. Preliminary evidence shows cannabidiol …

Cue-induced drug craving and seeking progressively increases during abstinence. This
“incubation of drug craving” phenomenon has been observed in both laboratory animals …

Preclinical and clinical research has shown that females are more vulnerable to the
rewarding effects of stimulants, and it has been proposed that estrogens may play a role in …

Individuals who begin drug use during early adolescence experience more adverse
consequences compared to those initiating later, especially if they are female. The …

Cue-induced drug craving progressively intensifies after withdrawal from self-administration
of cocaine, methamphetamine, and other drugs of abuse, a phenomenon termed incubation …

Relapse is a major problem in treating methamphetamine use disorder.“Incubation of
craving” during abstinence is a rat model for persistence of vulnerability to craving and …

Recently, oxytocin (OXT) has been investigated for its potential therapeutic role in addiction.
OXT has been found to diminish various drug-seeking and drug-induced behaviors …