Distal pup cues evoke dopamine responses in hormonally primed rats in the absence of pup experience or ongoing maternal behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2305-2312

  Afonso, Veronica M ^a   Shams, Waqqas M ^a   Jin, Daniel ^a   Fleming, Alison S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OVARIECTOMY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; DOPAMINE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84873284089     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2081-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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