Accumbal dopamine function in postpartum rats that were raised without their mothers

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 632-643

  Afonso, Veronica M ^a   King, Samantha J ^a   Novakov, Marko ^a   Burton, Christie L ^a   Fleming, Alison S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OVARIECTOMY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RAT; SIBLING; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOPAMINE; EATING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOUCH; WEANING;

EID: 80555122891     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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