Methamphetamine acts on subpopulations of neurons regulating sexual behavior in male rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 771-784

  Frohmader, K S ^a   Wiskerke, J ^a   Wise, R A ^b   Lehman, M N ^a   Coolen, L M ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

addiction; basolateral amygdala; nucleus accumbens; prefrontal cortex; reproduction; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN FOS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MATING; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 77549088234     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.12.070     Document Type: Article

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