Phasic dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens in response to pro-social 50 kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 10616-10623

  Willuhn, Ingo ^a,c   Tose, Amanda ^a   Wanat, Matthew J ^a   Hart, Andrew S ^a   Hollon, Nick G ^a   Phillips, Paul E M ^a   Schwarting, Rainer K W ^b   Wöhr, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Fast scan cyclic voltammetry; Nucleus accumbens; Social behavior; Ultrasonic communication

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; FAST-SCAN CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASONIC COMMUNICATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84905676403     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1060-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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