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Heroin intake decreases during the proestrus phase of the estrous cycle in female, Long-Evans rats. The purpose of this study was to (1) determine if proestrus-associated decreases in heroin intake extend across rat strains and (2) determine if proestrus-associated decreases in responding extend to a nondrug reinforcer. Female rats were implanted with intravenous catheters and trained to self-administer heroin. Estrous cycle was tracked daily for the duration of the study. During testing, Lewis, Sprague Dawley, and Long-Evans rats self-administered low (0.0025 mg/kg) and high (0.0075 mg /kg) doses of heroin and then self-administered sugar on fixed ratio (FR1) schedules of reinforcement. Heroin intake decreased significantly during proestrus in all three rat strains under at least one dose condition; however, sugar intake did not decrease during proestrus in any strain. These data suggest that responding maintained by heroin, but not a nondrug reinforcer, significantly decreases during proestrus in female rats and that these effects are consistent across rat strain.
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