Hormones that increase maternal responsiveness affect accumbal dopaminergic responses to pup- and food-stimuli in the female rat

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-23

  Afonso, Veronica M ^a   King, Samantha ^a   Chatterjee, Diptendu ^a   Fleming, Alison S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Postpartum; Progesterone withdrawal; Prolonged estrogen; Pup saliency

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HORMONES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349150407     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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