Dynamic changes in nucleus accumbens dopamine efflux during the Coolidge effect in male rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4849-4855

  Fiorino, Dennis F ^a   Coury, Ariane ^a   Phillips, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appetitive; Consummatory; Coolidge effect; Copulation; Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC); Dopamine (DA); Exhaustion; Homovanillic acid (HVA); Incentive motivation; Mesolimbic; Microdialysis; No velty; Nucleus accumbens; Rat; Reward; Sexual behavior; Sexual satiation

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030912675     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-12-04849.1997     Document Type: Article

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