6-Hydroxydopamine lesions of the anteromedial ventral striatum impair opposite-sex urinary odor preference in female mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 274, Issue , 2014, Pages 243-247

  DiBenedictis, Brett T ^a   Olugbemi, Adaeze O ^a   Baum, Michael J ^a   Cherry, James A ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Olfactory; Olfactory tubercle; Sociosexual behavior

Indexed keywords

OXIDOPAMINE; PHEROMONE; SUCROSE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEROMEDIAL VENTRAL STRIATUM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; INJURIES; METABOLISM; ODOR; OLFACTORY TUBERCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; VENTRAL STRIATUM; ANIMAL MODEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; URINARY ODOR PREFERENCE; URINE ODOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MICE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ODORS; OLFACTORY TUBERCLE; OXIDOPAMINE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SMELL; SUCROSE; VENTRAL STRIATUM;

EID: 84906748746     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.08.024     Document Type: Article

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