Lateral hypothalamic serotonin inhibits nucleus accumbens dopamine: Implications for sexual satiety

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 7648-7652

  Lorrain, Daniel S ^a,b   Riolo, Jon V ^a   Matuszewich, Leslie ^a,c   Hull, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation; Dopamine; Lateral hypothalamic area; Male rats; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens; Postejaculatory interval; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EJACULATION; FEMALE; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SATIETY; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033198198     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-17-07648.1999     Document Type: Article

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