Effects of a D1 antagonist and of sexual experience on copulation- induced Fos-like immunoreactivity in the medial preoptic nucleus

Brain Research

Volumn 829, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 55-68

  Lumley, Lucille A ^a   Hull, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; D1 dopamine antagonist; Fos; Male sexual behavior; Medial preoptic area; Rat; Sexual experience

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COPULATION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG EVANS RAT; PREOPTIC AREA;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COPULATION; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033594553     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01338-4     Document Type: Article

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