Oxytocin increases nitric oxide production in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus of male rats: Correlation with penile erection and yawning

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-111

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; YAWNING;

ANIMALIA; POROMITRA OSCITANS;

EID: 0030909401     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(97)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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