Dopamine D1 Receptor Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens or the Medial Preoptic Area Promotes the Onset of Maternal Behavior in Pregnancy-Terminated Rats.

There is good evidence that interference with the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) system results in impaired maternal responding in postpartum female rats. However, whether activation of the mesolimbic DA system is capable of promoting maternal behavior has not been investigated. This study examined whethe...

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Published in:	Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 121; no. 5; pp. 907 - 920
Main Authors:	Stolzenberg, Danielle S., McKenna, Jonathan B., Keough, Samantha, Hancock, Rebecca, Numan, Marilyn J., Numan, Michael
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association October 2007
Subjects:	Brain function localization Dopamine > Receptors Parental behavior in animals Laboratory rats
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