Female rats develop conditioned place preferences for sex at their preferred interval

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 503-507

  Jenkins, William J ^a   Becker, Jill B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Pacing; Striatum

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0038547816     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(03)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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