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. 2023 Dec 7;49(5):782–795. doi: 10.1038/s41386-023-01773-3

Fig. 4. Higher brain nicotine levels in female adult and adolescent rats compared to male rats.

Fig. 4

a–c Comparison of adult males to adolescent males. d–f Comparison of adult females to adolescent females. g–i Comparison of adult males to adult females. Adult females display greater nicotine, cotinine, and nornicotine concentrations compared to adult males. j–l Comparison of adolescent males to adolescent females. Adolescent females display higher nicotine and cotinine concentrations compared to adolescent males. *p < 0.05 adult versus adolescent or male versus female. N = 7 per group and timepoint. Data are presented as mean ± SEM.