Nucleus accumbens single-unit activity in freely behaving male rats during approach to novel and non-novel estrus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-32

  Wood, David A ^a   Kosobud, Ann E K ^a   Rebec, George V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive behavior; Approach; Coolidge effect; Novelty seeking behavior; Nucleus accumbens; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; STIMULUS SECRETION COUPLING;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 4444327070     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.06.051     Document Type: Article

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