Differential effects of intrathecal thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) on perineal reflexes in male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-63

  Holmes, Gregory M ^a   Rogers, Richard C ^a   Bresnahan, Jacqueline C ^a   Beattie, Michael S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Continence; Defecation; Descending systems; Lumbosacral reflexes; Penile erection

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031014820     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00317-4     Document Type: Article

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