Hypothalamic interaction with the mesolimbic DA system in the control of the maternal and sexual behaviors in rats

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 826-847

  Stolzenberg, Danielle S ^a   Numan, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive; Consummatory; Dopamine; Estradiol; Hypothalamus; Maternal behavior; Medial preoptic area; Motivation; Nucleus accumbens; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

APPETITE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COPULATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 78649903232     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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