Regulation by the medial amygdala of copulation and medial preoptic dopamine release

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 349-355

  Dominguez, J ^a   Riolo, J V ^a   Xu, Z ^a   Hull, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomorphine; Dopamine; HPLC EC; Male rats; Medial amygdala; Medial preoptic area; Microdialysis; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035139488     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-01-00349.2001     Document Type: Article

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