Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
M. Erskine, E. Kornberg, J. Cherry (1989)
Paced copulation in rats: Effects of intromission frequency and duration on luteal activation and estrous lengthPhysiology & Behavior, 45
McClintock McClintock, Adler Adler (1977)
The role of the female during copulation in wild and domestic norway ratsBehaviour, 67
G. Fouriezos, R. Wise (1976)
Pimozide-induced extinction of intracranial self-stimulation: response patterns rule out motor or performance deficitsBrain Research, 103
M. McClintock (1984)
Group Mating in the Domestic Rat as a Context for Sexual Selection: Consequences for the Analysis of Sexual Behavior and Neuroendocrine ResponsesAdvances in The Study of Behavior, 14
M. Bozarth, R. Wise (1981)
Heroin reward is dependent on a dopaminergic substrate.Life sciences, 29 18
Liebman Liebman, Butcher Butcher (1973)
Effects of self‐stimulation behavior of drugs influencing dopaminergic neurotransmissionNaunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol., 277
J. Pfaus, G. Damsma, D. Wenkstern, H. Fibiger (1995)
Sexual activity increases dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens and striatum of female ratsBrain Research, 693
P. Mermelstein, Jill Becker (1995)
Increased extracellular dopamine in the nucleus accumbens and striatum of the female rat during paced copulatory behavior.Behavioral neuroscience, 109 2
D. Gilman, L. Mercer, J. Hitt (1979)
Influence of female copulatory behavior on the induction of pseudopregnancy in the female ratPhysiology & Behavior, 22
W. Jenkins, J. Becker (2003)
Female rats develop conditioned place preferences for sex at their preferred intervalHormones and Behavior, 43
Adler N.T. (1969)
613J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol, 69
T. Robinson, K. Berridge (1993)
Incentive-sensitization As The Basis Of Drug CravingBehavioural Pharmacology, 4
J. Pfaus, A. Phillips (2004)
Differential effects of dopamine receptor antagonists on the sexual behavior of male ratsPsychopharmacology, 98
Li Xiao, J. Becker (1997)
Hormonal Activation of the Striatum and the Nucleus Accumbens Modulates Paced Mating Behavior in the Female RatHormones and Behavior, 32
(1998)
What is the role of dopamine in reward: Hedonic impact, reward learning, or incentive salience?
A. Louilot, M. Moal, Hervé Simon (1986)
Differential reactivity of dopaminergic neurons in the nucleus accumbens in response to different behavioral situations. An in vivo voltammetric study in free moving ratsBrain Research, 397
R. Yokel, R. Wise (1975)
Increased lever pressing for amphetamine after pimozide in rats: implications for a dopamine theory of reward.Science, 187 4176
J. Becker, C. Rudick, W. Jenkins (2001)
The Role of Dopamine in the Nucleus Accumbens and Striatum during Sexual Behavior in the Female RatThe Journal of Neuroscience, 21
Isadora Martínez, R. Paredes (2001)
Only Self-Paced Mating Is Rewarding in Rats of Both SexesHormones and Behavior, 40
JaneR Taylor, T. Robbins (2004)
Enhanced behavioural control by conditioned reinforcers following microinjections of d-amphetamine into the nucleus accumbensPsychopharmacology, 84
Raúl Paredes, Araceli Alonso (1997)
Sexual behavior regulated (paced) by the female induces conditioned place preference.Behavioral neuroscience, 111 1
D. Robinson, P. Phillips, E. Budygin, B. Trafton, P. Garris, R. Wightman (2001)
Sub-second changes in accumbal dopamine during sexual behavior in male ratsNeuroreport, 12
W. Oldenburger, B. Everitt, F. Jonge (1992)
Conditioned place preference induced by sexual interaction in female ratsHormones and Behavior, 26
Adler N.T. (1978)
657
E. Apostolakis, J. Garai, Charles Fox, Carolyn Smith, S. Watson, James Clark, Bert O’Malley (1996)
Dopaminergic Regulation of Progesterone Receptors: Brain D5 Dopamine Receptors Mediate Induction of Lordosis by D1-Like Agonists in RatsThe Journal of Neuroscience, 16
R. Wise, J. Spindler, H. Dewit, GJ Gerberg (1978)
Neuroleptic-induced "anhedonia" in rats: pimozide blocks reward quality of food.Science, 201 4352
H. Wit, R. Wise (1977)
Blockade of cocaine reinforcement in rats with the dopamine receptor blocker pimozide, but not with the noradrenergic blockers phentolamine or phenoxybenzamine.Canadian journal of psychology, 31 4
Robinson Robinson, Berridge Berridge (1993)
The neural basis of drug craving: an incentrive‐sensitization theory of addictionBrain Res. Rev., 18
W. Schultz, P. Dayan, P. Montague (1997)
A Neural Substrate of Prediction and RewardScience, 275
K. Zito, G. Vickers, D. Roberts (1985)
Disruption of cocaine and heroin self-administration following kainic acid lesions of the nucleus accumbensPharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 23
Rouge‐Pont Rouge‐Pont, Piazza Piazza, Kharouby Kharouby, Le Moal Le Moal, Simon Simon (1993)
Higher and longer stress‐induced increase in dopamine concentrations in the nucleus accumbens of animals predisposed to amphetamine self‐administration. A microdialysis studyBrain Res., 602
G. Paxinos, Charles Watson (1983)
The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates
(1978)
On the mechanisms of sexual behavior and their evolutionary constraints
Q. Walker, C. Nelson, Daegan Smith, C. Kuhn (2002)
Vaginal lavage attenuates cocaine-stimulated activity and establishes place preference in ratsPharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 73
W. Jenkins, J. Becker (2001)
Role of the striatum and nucleus accumbens in paced copulatory behavior in the female ratBehavioural Brain Research, 121
J. Pfaus, G. Damsma, G. Nomikos, D. Wenkstern, H. Fibiger (1990)
Sexual behavior enhances central dopamine transmission in the male ratBrain Research, 530
R. Wise (1985)
The anhedonia hypothesis: Mark IIIBehavioral and Brain Sciences, 8
J. Liebman, L. Butcher (2004)
Effects on self-stimulation behavior of drugs influencing dopaminergic neurotransmission mechanismsNaunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 277
A. Ettenberg, Carter Camp (1986)
Haloperidol induces a partial reinforcement extinction effect in rats: Implications for a dopamine involvement in food rewardPharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 25
R. Paredes, B. Vazquez (1999)
What do female rats like about sex? Paced matingBehavioural Brain Research, 105
M. McClintock, N. Adler (1978)
The Role of the Female During Copulation in Wild and Domestic Norway Rats (Rattus Norvegicus)Behaviour, 67
M. Erskine (1989)
Solicitation behavior in the estrous female rat: A reviewHormones and Behavior, 23
D. Roberts, M. Corcoran, H. Fibiger (1977)
On the role of ascending catecholaminergic systems in intravenous self-administration of cocainePharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 6
N. Adler (1974)
The behavioral control of reproductive physiology;.Advances in behavioral biology, 11
G. Koob, M. Moal (1997)
Drug abuse: hedonic homeostatic dysregulation.Science, 278 5335
C. Frye, J. Vongher (1999)
GABAA, D1, and D5, but not progestin receptor, antagonist and anti-sense oligonucleotide infusions to the ventral tegmental area of cycling rats and hamsters attenuate lordosisBehavioural Brain Research, 103
Brain Res
J. Neurosci
W. Corrigall, K. Franklin, K. Coen, P. Clarke (2005)
The mesolimbic dopaminergic system is implicated in the reinforcing effects of nicotinePsychopharmacology, 107
N. Adler (1969)
Effects of the male's copulatory behavior on successful pregnancy of the female rat.Journal of comparative and physiological psychology, 69 4
The role of dopamine in the rewarding aspects of sexual behaviour in female rats was investigated. This is a unique model because sexual behaviour is only rewarding when copulatory stimuli are experienced at the preferred rate of copulation for a female rat. In addition, increases in dopamine in the nucleus accumbens occur during sexual behaviour only when the female achieves this preferred rate of copulation. In this study, minute‐by‐minute changes in nucleus accumbens dopamine were monitored using in vivo microdialysis. We report here that extracellular dopamine in the nucleus accumbens increases before coital stimulation only when sexual behaviour is occurring under conditions that are rewarding to the female rat. We conclude that increases in dopamine in the nucleus accumbens are involved in anticipation, not consummation, of sexual behaviour in the female rat.
European Journal of Neuroscience – Wiley
Published: Oct 1, 2003
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.