Lesions in medial preoptic area and bed nucleus of stria terminalis: Differential effects on copulatory behavior and noncontact erection in male rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 5245-5253

  Liu, Yian Cheng ^a   Salamone, John D ^a   Sachs, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Copulation; Male rats; Medial preoptic area; Noncontact erection; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0030978042     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-13-05245.1997     Document Type: Article

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