Effects of paraventricular lesions on sex behavior and seminal emission in male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-53

  Ackerman, Anthony E ^a   Lange, Gary M ^a   Clemens, Lynwood G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation; Ejaculation; Hypothalamus; Lumbar spinal cord; Oxytocin; Penile reflexes

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030717436     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00386-7     Document Type: Article

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