A critical role for nucleus accumbens dopamine in partner-preference formation in male prairie voles

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3483-3490

  Aragona, Brandon J ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Curtis, J Thomas ^a   Stephan, Friedrich K ^a   Wang, Zuoxin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomorphine; Dopamine; Dopamine transporter; Haloperidol; Mating; Nucleus accumbens; Pair bonding; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HALOPERIDOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLE;

EID: 0038672171     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-08-03483.2003     Document Type: Article

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