Differential disruption of conditioned ejaculatory preference in the male rat based on different sensory modalities by micro-infusions of naloxone to the medial preoptic area or ventral tegmental area.
Gonzalo R QuintanaMorgan BirrelSarah MarceauNarges KalantariJames BowdenYvonne BachouraEric BorduasValerie LemayJason W PayneConall Mac CionnaithJames G PfausPublished in: Psychopharmacology (2019)
Opioid antagonism in the mPOA produces a state of non-reward whereas in the VTA, it produces a state in which the odor does not acquire incentive properties.