Prevention by morphine of apomorphine- and oxytocin-induced penile erection and yawning: Involvement of nitric oxide

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 355, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 595-600

  Melis, Maria Rosaria ^a   Succu, Salvatora ^b   Iannucci, Umberto ^a   Argiolas, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Bernard B Brodie Dept of Neurosci   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apomorphine; Morphine; Nitric oxide; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Penile erection; Rat; Yawning

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; NALOXONE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; YAWNING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; BENZENEACETAMIDES; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PENILE ERECTION; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; YAWNING;

EID: 0030893478     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004989     Document Type: Article

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