Dopaminergic control of male sex behavior in rats: Effects of an intracerebrally-infused agonist

Brain Research

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 73-81

  Hull, Elaine M ^a   Bitran, Daniel ^a   Pehek, Elizabeth A ^a   Warner, Robert K ^a   Band, Linda C ^a   Holmes, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

apomorphine; caudate putamen; dopamine; lateral septum; medial preoptic area; nucleus accumbens; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DOPAMINE; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREOPTIC AREA; PUTAMEN; RATS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0022476001     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(86)91106-6     Document Type: Article

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