The long lasting effects of electrical simulation of the medial preoptic area and medial amygdala on maternal behavior in female rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-73

  Morgan, Hywel D ^a   Watchus, Jason A ^a   Milgram, Norton W ^a   Fleming, Alison S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Electrical brain stimulation; Rat maternal behavior

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; KINDLING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; ODORS; PARITY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033557777     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00070-9     Document Type: Article

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