Intracranial infusions of amphetamine into the medial preoptic area but not the nucleus accumbens affect paced mating behavior in female rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-262

  Guarraci, Fay A ^a   Frohardt, Russell J ^b   Hines, Debra ^b   Navaira, Erica ^a   Smith, Julie ^b   Wampler, Lawrence ^b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core; Dopamine; Locomotor behavior; Motivation; Open field activity; Sexual arousal; Sexual behavior; Shell

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL AROUSAL;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 40849111347     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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