Testosterone, preoptic dopamine, and copulation in male rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-333

  Hull, Elaine M ^a   Du, Jianfang ^a   Lorrain, Daniel S ^a   Matuszewich, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

HPLC EC; Microdialysis; MPOA; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030722630     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00211-6     Document Type: Article

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