Differential effects of D1 and D2 dopamine-receptor agonists and antagonists on appetitive and consummatory aspects of male sexual behavior in Japanese quail

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 571-580

  Balthazart, Jacques ^a   Castagna, Claudia ^a,c   Ball, Gregory F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Behav Neuroendocrinol Grp   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copulatory behavior; Coturnix japonica; Dopaminergic control; Learned proximity response

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 5 HYDROXY 2 (N PHENETHYL N PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; QUINPIROLE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SPIPERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030981702     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00163-7     Document Type: Article

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