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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Publicado en:	Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 121; no. 5; pp. 907 - 920
Autores principales:	Stolzenberg, Danielle S., McKenna, Jonathan B., Keough, Samantha, Hancock, Rebecca, Numan, Marilyn J., Numan, Michael
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Psychological Association October 2007
Materias:	Brain function localization Dopamine > Receptors Parental behavior in animals Laboratory rats
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