The role of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens and striatum during sexual behavior in the female rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3236-3241

  Becker, Jill B ^a   Rudick, Charles N ^a   Jenkins, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Incentive salience; Microdialysis; Motivation; Nucleus accumbens; Sexual behavior; Striatum

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035341458     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-09-03236.2001     Document Type: Article

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