Facilitation of sexual behavior in male rats following d-amphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-208

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appetitive; Conditioning; Consummatory; d Amphetamine; Mesolimbic dopamine; Motivation; Sensitization; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FACILITATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); COPULATION; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032925631     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050880     Document Type: Article

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