James G Pfaus

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Ultrasonic vocalizations of rats (Rattus norvegicus) during mating, play, and aggression: Behavioral concomitants, relationship to reward, and self-administration of playback.

Jeffrey S. Burgdorf, Roger A. Kroes, Joseph r. Moskal, James G Pfaus, Stefan M. Brudzynski, Jaak Panksepp
Journal of comparative psychology
2008

Rats (Rattus norvegicus) emit a variety of ultrasonic vocalizations throughout their lifespan that reflect different forms of emotional arousal and accompanying affective states. In this study, high… (More)

Pathways of sexual desire.

James G Pfaus
The journal of sexual medicine
2009

INTRODUCTION Sexual desire is controlled by brain systems involved in sexual excitation and inhibition. Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) may result from hypofunctional excitation,… (More)

Who, what, where, when (and maybe even why)? How the experience of sexual reward connects sexual desire, preference, and performance.

James G Pfaus, Tod E. Kippin, +4 authors Mayte Parada
Archives of sexual behavior
2012

Although sexual behavior is controlled by hormonal and neurochemical actions in the brain, sexual experience induces a degree of plasticity that allows animals to form instrumental and Pavlovian… (More)

Role of dopamine in anticipatory and consummatory aspects of sexual behavior in the male rat.

James G Pfaus, Anthony G Phillips
Behavioral neuroscience
1991

The ability of dopamine (DA) receptor antagonists to disrupt anticipatory and consummatory measures of sexual behavior displayed by male rats in bilevel chambers was investigated. In Experiment 1,… (More)

Dopamine functions in appetitive and defensive behaviours

James R. Blackburn, James G Pfaus, Anthony G Phillips
Progress in Neurobiology
1992

The data reviewed here are compatible with the hypothesis that telencephalic dopamine activity is elicited by motivationally significant stimuli which in turn creates a neural state in which animals… (More)

Appetitive and Consummatory Sexual Behaviors of Female Rats in Bilevel Chambers: I. A Correlational and Factor Analysis and the Effects of Ovarian Hormones

James G Pfaus, William J. Smith, Carol B. Coopersmith
Hormones and Behavior
1999

This study investigated measures of sexual behavior displayed by female rats in bilevel chambers, the statistical relationships among the measures, and their dependency on hormone priming. Normative… (More)

Sexual behavior increases dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens and striatum of male rats: comparison with novelty and locomotion.

Geert Damsma, James G Pfaus, D G Wenkstern, Anthony G Phillips, H. Christian Fibiger
Behavioral neuroscience
1992

Extracellular concentrations of dopamine (DA) and its metabolites dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA) were examined concurrently, using in vivo microdialysis, in the… (More)

Sexual behavior enhances central dopamine transmission in the male rat

James G Pfaus, Geert Damsma, +4 authors H. Christian Fibiger
Brain Research
1990

Central dopamine transmission was examined in the nucleus accumbens and striatum of sexually experienced male rats during mating behaviour using in vivo brain microdialysis. Dopamine release… (More)

Sexual activity increases dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens and striatum of female rats

James G Pfaus, Geert Damsma, D G Wenkstern, H. Christian Fibiger
Brain Research
1995

In vivo microdialysis was used to monitor extracellular concentrations of dopamine (DA), and its metabolites dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA) in the nucleus accumbens… (More)

Conditioning and Sexual Behavior: A Review

James G Pfaus, Tod E. Kippin, Soraya Centeno
Hormones and Behavior
2001

Sexual behavior is directed by a sophisticated interplay between steroid hormone actions in the brain that give rise to sexual arousability and experience with sexual reward that gives rise to… (More)

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