Different mechanisms underlie compulsive alcohol self-administration in male and female rats.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateExperimental procedures were conducted in accordance with the European Union Directive 2010/63/EU, and the protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee for Animal Care and Use at Linköping University. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsM.H. has received consulting fees, research support, or other compensation from Indivior, Camurus, BrainsWay, Aelis Farma, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests M.H. has received consulting fees, research support, or other compensation from Indivior, Camurus, BrainsWay, Aelis Farma, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by Linköping University. This study was supported by Swedish Research Council Grant 2022-06568_VR and a Wallenberg Clinical Scholar grant to author MH and Lions Research Funding to ED."