Stimulation of the medial preoptic area facilitates sexual behavior but does not reverse sexual satiation

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 553-560

  Rodriguez Manzo G ^a   Larsson, K ^b   Pellicer, F ^b   Fernandez Guasti A ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SATIETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COPULATION; EJACULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SATIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 85047679292     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.114.3.553     Document Type: Article

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