Dopamine Antagonists Do Not Block Conditioned Place Preference Induced by Paced Mating Behavior in Female Rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 356-364

  Horsman, Patricia García ^a   Paredes, Raúl G ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b CUCBA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUPENTIXOL; RACLOPRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; RAT; REWARD;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FLUPENTHIXOL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RACLOPRIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 1842531492     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.118.2.356     Document Type: Article

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