Dopamine release in the medial preoptic area of female rats in response to hormonal manipulation and sexual activity

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 772-782

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

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033843114     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.114.4.772     Document Type: Article

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