Effects of p-Chlorophenylalanine on reflexive and noncontact penile erections in male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-168

  Matsumoto, Takahiro ^a   Kondo, Yasuhiko ^b   Sachs, Benjamin D ^c   Yamanouchi, Korehito ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Male rat; Noncontact erection; P Chlorophenylalanine; Reflexive erection; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

FENCLONINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031045809     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00398-8     Document Type: Article

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