Changes in magnetic resonance imaging and sex behavior after 6-OHDA injection in the medial preoptic area

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-339

  Dhawan, Jasbeer Kaur ^a   Kumar, Velayudhan Mohan ^a   Govindaraju, Varanavasi ^a   Raghunathan, Partha ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Catecholaminergic fibers; Hypothalamus; Lesion; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HISTOLOGY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROTOXINS; OXIDOPAMINE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032006192     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00404-8     Document Type: Article

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