Monoamine levels in the nucleus accumbens correlate with male sexual behavior in middle-aged rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-270

  Tsai, Houng Wei ^a   Shui, Hao Ai ^b   Liu, Hang Shen ^c   Tai, Mei Yun ^a   Tsai, Yuan Feen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c TAOYUAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Dopamine; Male sexual behavior; Norepinephrine; Nucleus accumbens; Rat; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MONOAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOPAMINE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEROTONIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33646480092     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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