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SUBMITTER: Hernandez CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7521924 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hernandez Caesar M CM Orsini Caitlin C Wheeler Alexa-Rae AR Ten Eyck Tyler W TW Betzhold Sara M SM Labiste Chase C CC Wright Noelle G NG Setlow Barry B Bizon Jennifer L JL
eLife 20200928
Impairments in choosing optimally between immediate and delayed rewards are associated with numerous psychiatric disorders. Such 'intertemporal' choice is influenced by genetic and experiential factors; however, the contributions of biological sex are understudied and data to date are largely inconclusive. Rats were used to determine how sex and gonadal hormones influence choices between small, immediate and large, delayed rewards. Females showed markedly greater preference than males for small, ...[more]