Male rats that differ in novelty exploration demonstrate distinct patterns of sexual behavior

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-58

  Cummings, Jennifer A ^a   Clinton, Sarah M ^b   Perry, Adam N ^a   Akil, Huda ^a   Becker, Jill B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bred high responder (bHR); Bred low responder (bLR); Dopamine; Reward; Sexual performance

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMPULSIVENESS; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84876313075     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031528     Document Type: Article

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