Extra-cellular dopamine increases in the paraventricular nucleus of male rats during sexual activity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1266-1272

  Melis, Maria Rosaria ^a   Succu, Salvatora ^a   Mascia, Maria Stefania ^a   Cortis, Luca ^a   Argiolas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copulation; DOPAC; Microdialysis; Noncontact erections; Penile erection

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DIALYSATE LEVEL; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; COPULATION; DOPAMINE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037362074     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02558.x     Document Type: Article

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