Facilitation of sexual behavior and enhanced dopamine efflux in the nucleus accumbens of male rats after D-amphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 456-463

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appetitive; Consummatory; D amphetamine; Dopamine; Mesolimbic; Microdialysis; Motivation; Nucleus accumbens; Sensitization; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032906694     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-01-00456.1999     Document Type: Article

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