Differential behavioral response to dopamine D2 agonists by sexually naive, sexually active, and sexually inactive male rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 802-808

  Giuliani, D ^a   Ferrari, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; PRAMIPEXOLE; TALIPEXOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; LIBIDO; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; RAT; SEDATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YAWNING;

EID: 0029833846     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.4.802     Document Type: Article

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