Effect of the nitric oxide level in the medial preoptic area on male copulatory behavior in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 1 43-1, 1998, Pages

  Sato, Yoshikazu ^a,b   Horita, Hiroki ^a   Kurohata, Toshie ^a   Adachi, Hideki ^a   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

L arginine; Microdialysis; Mount; Nitrate; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COPULATION; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031914492     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.1.r243     Document Type: Article

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