Evidence for changes in brain enkephalin contents associated to male rat sexual activity

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 47-55

  Rodríguez Manzo, G ^a   Asai, M ^b   Fernández Guasti, A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brain areas; Enkephalin immunoreactivity; Male rat sexual behaviour; Persistent non maters; Sexual exhaustion

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; ENKEPHALIN; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; METENKEPHALIN; OCTAPEPTIDE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; EXHAUSTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SATIETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; ENKEPHALINS; FRONTAL LOBE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037061547     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(01)00371-0     Document Type: Article

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