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Amphetamine pretreatment facilitates appetitive sexual behaviors in the female rat
10.1007/s00213-009-1511-x · 2009 · External reference
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Unresolved reference
2000 · External reference
Conditioned place preference: what does it add to our preclinical understanding of drug reward?
10.1007/s002130000569 · 2000 · External reference
Instrumental conditioned reflexes with sexual reinforcement in rats
1971 · External reference
Contact with male or female conspecifics as a reward for instrumental responses in estrus and anestrus female rats
1974 · External reference
A positive correlation between male and female response latencies in the mutually reinforced instrumental sexual responses in rats
1978 · External reference
Contact with estrus female as a reward for instrumental response in a growing male rat from the 3rd up to the 14th week of life
1976 · External reference
Male Syrian hamsters demonstrate a conditioned place preference for sexual behavior and female chemosensory stimuli
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.05.017 · 2010 · External reference
Affective neuroscience of pleasure: reward in humans and animals
10.1007/s00213-008-1099-6 · 2008 · External reference
Parsing reward
10.1016/s0166-2236(03)00233-9 · 2003 · External reference
Dissecting components of reward: ‘liking’, ‘wanting’, and learning
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Differences in maternal responsiveness between lactating and sensitized rats
10.1002/dev.420050205 · 1972 · External reference
An exteroceptive block to pregnancy in the mouse
10.1038/184105a0 · 1959 · External reference
Place conditioning reveals the rewarding aspect of social interaction in juvenile rats
10.1016/0031-9384(92)90101-7 · 1992 · External reference
Sexual experience and conditioned place preference in male rats
10.1016/j.pbb.2004.04.015 · 2004 · External reference
Emotion and motivation: the role of the amygdala, ventral striatum, and prefrontal cortex
10.1016/s0149-7634(02)00007-6 · 2002 · External reference
How social experiences influence the brain
10.1016/j.conb.2005.10.001 · 2005 · External reference
Are pheromones their own reward?
10.1016/0031-9384(88)90067-4 · 1988 · External reference
Nucleus accumbens dopamine depletions alter relative response allocation in a T-maze cost/benefit task
10.1016/0166-4328(95)00151-4 · 1996 · External reference
Rat pup social motivation: a critical component of early psychological development
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.01.004 · 2011 · External reference
Operant place conditioning measures examined using two nondrug reinforcers
10.1016/0091-3057(92)90233-6 · 1992 · External reference
Rewarding properties of social interactions in adolescent and adult male and female rats: impact of social versus isolate housing of subjects and partners
10.1002/dev.20025 · 2004 · External reference
Sexual motivation: a neural and behavioural analysis of the mechanisms underlying appetitive and copulatory responses of male rats
10.1016/s0149-7634(05)80222-2 · 1990 · External reference
Interactions between the amygdala and ventral striatum in stimulus-reward associations: studies using a second-order schedule of sexual reinforcement
10.1016/0306-4522(89)90353-9 · 1989 · External reference
Studies of instrumental behavior with sexual reinforcement in male rats (Rattus norvegicus): I. Control by brief visual stimuli paired with a receptive female
10.1037/0735-7036.101.4.395 · 1987 · External reference
Second-order schedules of drug reinforcement in rats and monkeys: measurement of reinforcing efficacy and drug-seeking behaviour
10.1007/s002130000566 · 2000 · External reference
Studies of instrumental behavior with sexual reinforcement in male rats (Rattus norvegicus): II. Effects of preoptic area lesions, castration, and testosterone
10.1037/0735-7036.101.4.407 · 1987 · External reference
Pup suckling is more rewarding than cocaine: evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging and three-dimensional computational analysis
10.1523/jneurosci.3156-04.2005 · 2005 · External reference
Rut pups are potent reinforcers to the maternal animal: effects of experience, parity, hormones, and dopamine function
10.3758/bf03327079 · 1994 · External reference
Neurobiology of mother-infant interactions: experience and central nervous system plasticity across development and generations
10.1016/s0149-7634(99)00011-1 · 1999 · External reference
Maternal behavior in the virgin and lactating rat
10.1037/h0036414 · 1974 · External reference
Maternal behavior: differences between mother and virgin mice as a function of the testing procedure
10.1002/dev.420030308 · 1971 · External reference
Differential regulation of female sexual behaviour by dopamine agonists in the medial preoptic area
10.1016/j.pbb.2010.08.012 · 2010 · External reference
Opiate regulation of maternal behavior in the rat
10.1016/0091-3057(83)90336-2 · 1983 · External reference
Lever pressing for pups: evidence for hormonal influence upon maternal behavior of mice
10.1016/0018-506x(85)90041-8 · 1985 · External reference
Isolation during the play period in infancy decreases adult social interactions in rats
10.1016/s0166-4328(98)00116-8 · 1999 · External reference
Comparative effects of preoptic area infusions of opioid peptides, lesions and castration on sexual behaviour in male rats: studies of instrumental behaviour, conditioned place preference and partner preference
10.1007/bf02245929 · 1990 · External reference
Play as a reinforcer for maze-learning in juvenile rats
10.1016/s0003-3472(81)80173-x · 1981 · External reference
The effects of early social isolation on the motivation for social play in juvenile rats
10.1002/dev.420250404 · 1992 · External reference
Estrogen receptor alpha influences socially motivated behaviors
10.1006/hbeh.2002.1837 · 2002 · External reference
Differential reward value of incomplete and complete sexual behavior
10.1037/h0043461 · 1955 · External reference
Transient and selective overexpression of dopamine D2 receptors in the striatum causes persistent abnormalities in prefrontal cortex functioning
10.1016/j.neuron.2006.01.023 · 2006 · External reference
Corticostriatal-hypothalamic circuitry and food motivation: integration of energy, action and reward
10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.08.066 · 2005 · External reference
Sexual receptivity and attractiveness in the female rhesus monkey
10.1016/s0065-3454(08)60167-9 · 1976 · External reference
Medial preoptic/anterior hypothalamic lesions induce a female-typical profile of sexual partner preference in male ferrets
10.1006/hbeh.1996.0055 · 1996 · External reference
The role of vaginal stimulation for the acquisition of conditioned place preference in female Syrian hamsters
10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.10.020 · 2005 · External reference
The biopsychology of maternal behavior in nonhuman mammals
10.1093/ilar.50.1.51 · 2009 · External reference
Mother rats bar-press for pups: effects of lesions of the mpoa and limbic sites on maternal behavior and operant responding for pup-reinforcement
10.1016/s0166-4328(98)00109-0 · 1999 · External reference
Rat pups are reinforcing to the maternal rat: role of sensory cues
10.3758/bf03327061 · 1995 · External reference
Endocannabinoid hedonic hotspot for sensory pleasure: anandamide in nucleus accumbens shell enhances ‘liking’ of a sweet reward
10.1038/sj.npp.1301376 · 2007 · External reference
Intraspecific communication through chemical signals in female mice: reinforcing properties of involatile male sexual pheromones
10.1093/chemse/bjl039 · 2007 · External reference
Only self-paced mating is rewarding in rats of both sexes
10.1006/hbeh.2001.1712 · 2001 · External reference
Differential responses of chimpanzees to social stimulation
10.1037/h0045249 · 1962 · External reference
Preferential responses of young chimpanzees to food and social rewards
10.1007/bf03393535 · 1963 · External reference
Comparison of two positive reinforcing stimuli: pups and cocaine throughout the postpartum period
10.1037/0735-7044.115.3.683 · 2001 · External reference
Preferences for cocaine- or pup-associated chambers differentiates otherwise behaviorally identical postpartum maternal rats
10.1007/s00213-002-1351-4 · 2003 · External reference
Naloxone disrupts the expression but not the acquisition by male rats of a conditioned place preference response for an oestrous female
10.1007/bf02253728 · 1990 · External reference
Conditioned place preference in female hamsters following aggressive or sexual encounters
10.1016/0031-9384(94)90352-2 · 1994 · External reference
Dopamine receptor antagonists attenuate conditioned place preference following sexual behavior in female Syrian hamsters
10.1016/0014-2999(96)00389-5 · 1996 · External reference
Level searching: a new assay of sexual motivation in the male rat
10.1016/0031-9384(89)90136-4 · 1989 · External reference
Pheromones in the communication of sexual status in primates
10.1038/218746a0 · 1968 · External reference
Naloxone inhibits mating and conditioned place preference for an estrous female in male rats soon after castration
10.1016/0091-3057(87)90611-3 · 1987 · External reference
Brain substrates of infant-mother attachment: contributions of opioids, oxytocin, and norepinephrine
10.1016/s0149-7634(97)00052-3 · 1998 · External reference
Oxytocin mediates acquisition of maternally associated odor preferences in preweanling rat pups
10.1037/0735-7044.110.3.583 · 1996 · External reference
Effects of morphine and naloxone on play-rewarded spatial discrimination in juvenile rats
10.1002/dev.420230108 · 1990 · External reference
The predictive validity of the rat self-administration model for abuse liability
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.10.012 · 2011 · External reference
Conditioned place preference induced by sexual interaction in female rats
10.1016/0018-506x(92)90043-u · 1992 · External reference
Learning of a T-maze by rat pups when contact with the mother is either permitted or denied
10.1016/j.nlm.2008.09.007 · 2009 · External reference
Accessory olfactory neural Fos responses to a conditioned environment are blocked in male mice by vomeronasal organ removal
10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.01.020 · 2006 · External reference
Endogenous opioids and social behavior
10.1016/0149-7634(80)90036-6 · 1980 · External reference
The psychobiology of play: theoretical and methodological perspectives
10.1016/0149-7634(84)90005-8 · 1984 · External reference
Social reward among juvenile mice
10.1111/j.1601-183x.2006.00295.x · 2007 · External reference
Self-administration of drugs in animals and humans as a model and an investigative tool
10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02011.x · 2007 · External reference
Evaluating the neurobiology of sexual reward
10.1093/ilar.50.1.15 · 2009 · External reference
Sexual behavior regulated (paced) by the female induces conditioned place preference
10.1037/0735-7044.111.1.123 · 1997 · External reference
Altered sexual partner preference in male ferrets given excitotoxic lesions of the preoptic area/anterior hypothalamus
10.1523/jneurosci.15-10-06619.1995 · 1995 · External reference
What do female rats like about sex? Paced mating
10.1016/s0166-4328(99)00087-x · 1999 · External reference
Shank3 mutant mice display autistic-like behaviours and striatal dysfunction
10.1038/nature09965 · 2011 · External reference
Hedonic hot spots in the brain
10.1177/1073858406293154 · 2006 · External reference
What do rats find rewarding in play fighting?—an analysis using drug-induced non-playful partners
10.1016/0166-4328(94)00161-8 · 1995 · External reference
The developmental onset of a rudimentary form of play fighting in C57 mice
10.1002/(sici)1098-2302(199904)34:3<175::aid-dev2>3.0.co;2-# · 1999 · External reference
Unresolved reference
2009 · External reference
Role of dopamine in anticipatory and consummatory aspects of sexual behavior in the male rat
10.1037/0735-7044.105.5.727 · 1991 · External reference
Mu-, delta-, and kappa-opioid receptor agonists selectively modulate sexual behaviors in the female rat: differential dependence on progesterone
10.1016/0018-506x(92)90014-m · 1992 · External reference
Appetitive and consummatory sexual behaviors of female rats in bilevel chambers. I. A correlational and factor analysis and the effects of ovarian hormones
10.1006/hbeh.1999.1516 · 1999 · External reference
Conditioning and sexual behavior: a review
10.1006/hbeh.2001.1686 · 2001 · External reference
What can animal models tell us about human sexual response?
10.1080/10532528.2003.10559810 · 2003 · External reference
Male aromatase knockout mice acquire a conditioned place preference for cocaine but not for contact with an estrous female
10.1016/j.bbr.2006.07.002 · 2006 · External reference
Aggressive behaviors in adult rats deprived of playfighting experience as juveniles
10.1002/dev.420220206 · 1989 · External reference
Effects of sex steroids on maternal motivation in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus): development and application of an operant system with maternal reinforcement
10.1037/0735-7036.107.1.99 · 1993 · External reference
Progressive ratio schedules in drug self-administration studies in rats: a method to evaluate reinforcing efficacy
10.1016/0165-0270(95)00153-0 · 1996 · External reference
Increasing the incentive salience of cocaine challenges preference for pup- over cocaine-associated stimuli during early postpartum: place preference and locomotor analyses in the lactating female rat
10.1007/s00213-007-0841-9 · 2007 · External reference
Exposure to pups influences the strength of maternal motivation in virgin female rats
10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.09.003 · 2008 · External reference
Opioid limbic circuit for reward: interaction between hedonic hotspots of nucleus accumbens and ventral pallidum
10.1523/jneurosci.4205-06.2007 · 2007 · External reference
Mammalian play: training for the unexpected
10.1086/393866 · 2001 · External reference
Postpartum, hormonal, and nonhormonal induction of maternal behavior in rats: effects on T-maze retrieval of pups
10.1016/0018-506x(76)90036-2 · 1976 · External reference
Social reward-conditioned place preference: a model revealing an interaction between cocaine and social context rewards in rats
10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.02.013 · 2008 · External reference
Synergistic interaction between nicotine and social rewards in adolescent male rats
10.1007/s00213-009-1470-2 · 2009 · External reference
The pleasures of play: pharmacological insights into social reward mechanisms
10.1016/j.tips.2010.06.008 · 2010 · External reference
Conditioned place preference induced by social play behavior: parametrics, extinction, reinstatement and disruption by methylphenidate
10.1016/j.euroneuro.2009.03.006 · 2009 · External reference
Measuring reward with the conditioned place preference paradigm: a comprehensive review of drug effects, recent progress and new issues
10.1016/s0301-0082(98)00060-4 · 1998 · External reference
Measuring reward with the conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm: update of the last decade
10.1111/j.1369-1600.2007.00070.x · 2007 · External reference
Play is indispensable for an adequate development of coping with social challenges in the rat
10.1002/(sici)1098-2302(199903)34:2<129::aid-dev6>3.0.co;2-l · 1999 · External reference
Isolation changes the incentive value of sucrose and social behaviour in juvenile and adult rats
10.1016/s0166-4328(99)00099-6 · 1999 · External reference
Pup retrieving as a reinforcer in nulliparous mice
10.1901/jeab.1973.19-233 · 1973 · External reference
How the brain makes play fun
2010 · External reference
The neurobiology of social play behavior in rats
10.1016/s0149-7634(96)00020-6 · 1997 · External reference
Methylphenidate disrupts social play behavior in adolescent rats
10.1038/npp.2008.10 · 2008 · External reference
Regulation of masculine sexual behavior: involvement of brain opioids and dopamine
10.1016/0165-0173(96)82985-7 · 1995 · External reference
Appetitive sexual behavior in male rats: 2. Sexual reward and level-changing behavior
10.1016/0031-9384(96)00009-1 · 1996 · External reference
Characterization of maternal motivation in the lactating rat: contrasts between early and late postpartum responses
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.03.005 · 2008 · External reference
Assessment of spatial memory using the T maze
10.1002/0471142301.ns0805bs04 · 2001 · External reference
Effects of mounting without intromission and intromission without ejaculation on sexual behavior and maze learning
10.1037/h0046385 · 1961 · External reference
Babies by bar-press: maternal behavior in the rat
10.3758/bf03208105 · 1969 · External reference
