Pharmacological manipulations of dopamine and opioids have differential effects on sexually motivated song in male European starlings

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 575-584

  Schroeder, Molly B ^a   Riters, Lauren V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Motivation; Opioids; Reward; Sexual behavior; Song; Songbird; Vocal communication

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR; FENTANYL; NALOXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; VANOXERINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; STARLING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33746256208     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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