Ventral tegmental area involvement in pair bonding in male prairie voles

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 338-346

  Curtis, J Thomas ^a   Wang, Zuoxin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Mating systems; Microtus; Monogamy; Reward

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BICUCULLINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MATING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRAIRIE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOLE;

EID: 26944467931     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

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