Ventral Striatum Dopamine D2 Receptor Activity Inhibits Rat Pups' Vocalization Response to Loss of Maternal Contact

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-128

  Muller, Jeff M ^a   Moore, Holly ^a,b   Myers, Michael M ^a,b   Shair, Harry N ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Lieber Center ^*

Author keywords

D2; dopamine; infant vocalization; social behavior; ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; QUINPIROLE; RACLOPRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMAL; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVAL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREGNANCY; QUINPIROLE; RACLOPRIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 40749130743     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.122.1.119     Document Type: Article

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