Perinatal cannabinoid exposure modifies the sociosexual approach behavior and the mesolimbic dopaminergic activity of adult male rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 91-98

  Navarro, M ^a   De Miguel, R ^a   Rodriguez De Fonseca F ^a   Ramos, J A ^a   Fernandez Ruiz J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; Dopamine; Emotional reactivity; Marihuana; Mesolimbic dopaminergic neuron; Social interaction; Sociosexual approach behavior; 9 Tetrahydrocannabinol

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029670237     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00176-3     Document Type: Article

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