Sexual motivation: Involvement of endogenous opioids in the ventral tegmental area

Brain Research

Volumn 729, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-28

  Van Furth, Wouter R ^a   Van Ree, Jan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anticipatory behavior; Motivation; Opioid; Reward; Sexual behavior; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; NALOXONE; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0030570740     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00225-9     Document Type: Article

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