Importance of the medial amygdala in rat penile erection evoked by remote stimuli from estrous females

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 215-222

  Kondo, Y ^a   Sachs, B D ^a   Sakuma, Y ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Limbic system; Medial amygdala; Penile erection; Penile reflexes; Rats; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MATING; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0031961017     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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