Prefrontal cell firing in male rats during approach towards sexually receptive female: Interactions with cocaine

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Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 271-277

  Febo, Marcelo ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Cortical; Female receptivity; Glutamatergic neurons; Male rat; Medial prefrontal cortex; Mesocortical dopamine system; Microwire electrode arrays; Nosepoke; Prelimbic; Regular spiking neurons; Reward; Sex; Sexual motivation

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COCAINE; FEMALE; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 79251537467     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20843     Document Type: Article

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