Intracavernous pressure during erection in rats: An integrative approach based on telemetric recording

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Bernabé, Jacques ^a   Rampin, Olivier ^a   Sachs, Benjamin D ^b,d   Giuliano, François ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apomorphine; Noncontact erections; Penis; Sexual behavior; Sexual reflexes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COPULATION; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TELEMETRY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0033023938     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.2.r441     Document Type: Article

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