Site and behavioral specificity of periaqueductal gray lesions on postpartum sexual, maternal, and aggressive behaviors in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 804, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-35

  Lonstein, Joseph S ^a,b   Stern, Judith M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Female sexual behavior; Lactation; Lordosis; Maternal behavior; Mesencephalon; Suckling

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUERPERIUM; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WEANING;

EID: 0032584961     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00642-8     Document Type: Article

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