Dynamic increases in dopamine during paced copulation in the female rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1997-2001

  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

Dopamine; Intromission; Nucleus accumbens; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COPULATION; DOPAMINE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242539723     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02923.x     Document Type: Article

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