β-Adrenergic modulation of male sexual behavior elicited from the medial preoptic area in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 181-187

  Mallick, Hrudananda ^a   Manchanda, Surinder Kumar ^a   Kumar, Velayudhan Mohan ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Medial preoptic area; Norepinephrine; Phenoxybenzamine; Propranolol; Sexual arousal; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029670803     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00168-9     Document Type: Article

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