Sexual Motivation

Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 201-209

  Pfaus, J G ^a   Ismail, N ^a,b   Coria Avila, G A ^a,c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Animal models; Arousal; Brain; Desire; Dopamine; Female; Hormone; Inhibition; Male; Melanocortin; Noradrenaline; Opioid; Oxytocin; Reward; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942761599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045396-5.00205-0     Document Type: Chapter

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