Spinal Fos labeling and penile erection elicited by stimulation of dorsal nerve of the rat penis

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 41-5, 1997, Pages

  Rampin, O ^a   Gougis, S ^a   Giuliano, F ^b   Rousseau, J P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dorsal gray commissure; Dorsal horn; Lumbosacral spinal cord; Sacral parasympathetic nucleus; Urogenital tract

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; INNERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0030909445     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.5.r1425     Document Type: Article

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