Thrill-seeking females work hard for their next fix

Friday, March 11, 2011 - 04:32 in Psychology & Sociology

It seems that women become addicted to cocaine more easily than men and find it harder to give up. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Biology of Sex Differences reinforces this position by showing that the motivation of female rats to work for cocaine is much higher than males.

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