Dopamine agonists increase nitric oxide production in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus: Correlation with penile erection and yawning

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2056-2063

  Melis, Maria Rosaria ^a   Succu, Salvatora ^a   Argiolas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopamine agonists; Dopamine antagonists; Nitric oxide; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Penile erection; Rat; Yawning

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; HALOPERIDOL; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; QUINPIROLE; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; YAWNING;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PENILE ERECTION; QUINPIROLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; YAWNING;

EID: 0029963477     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb00725.x     Document Type: Article

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