Erectile function in male rats after lesions in the lateral paragigantocellular nucleus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-206

  Liu, Yian Cheng ^a   Sachs, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Lateral paragigantocellular nucleus; Nucleus paragigantocellularis; Penile erection; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 0033548411     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00070-1     Document Type: Article

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