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Anxiety may play an important role in the onset of smoking, particularly in young girls. This study examined whether there were sex differences in the effects of nicotine on anxiety in adolescent rats and whether social isolation modified these effects. Male and female adolescent rats were housed in groups of the same sex or in social isolation for seven days prior to testing in the social interaction test of anxiety. Nicotine increased social interaction in both males and females, and because there was no concomitant change in locomotor activity, this indicated anxiolytic effects. However, there was a 5-fold sex difference in the lowest dose required to enhance social interaction, with an anxiolytic effect in females at 0.05 mg/kg, but in males only at 0.25mg/kg. Furthermore, in males the anxiolytic effect was seen only in socially isolated animals, whereas in the females it was present in both housing conditions. The depressant effect of nicotine on locomotor activity also depended on both the sex of the animal and on their housing conditions, with greater effects in singly housed animals and in males. This sex difference in sensitivity to nicotine's anxiolytic effects suggests there may be sex differences in the factors initiating and maintaining teenage smoking.

In Adolescence, Female Rats Are More Sensitive to the Anxiolytic Effect of Nicotine Than Are Male Rats