Sex Versus Sweet: Opposite Effects of Opioid Drugs on the Reward of Sucrose and Sexual Pheromones

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 416-425

  Agustín Pavón, Carmen ^a   Martínez Ricós, Joana ^a   Martínez García, Fernando ^a   Lanuza, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

chemical signals; fentanyl; intersexual attraction; naloxone; place preference

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NALOXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWEETNESS;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FENTANYL; MALE; MICE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; REWARD; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SMELL; SUCROSE; TASTE;

EID: 43449123617     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.122.2.416     Document Type: Article

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