Modification of sexual behavior of Long-Evans male rats by drugs acting on the 5-HT(1A) receptor

Brain Research

Volumn 821, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 414-425

  Rehman, Jamil ^a   Kaynan, Ayal ^a   Christ, George ^a   Valcic, Mira ^a   Maayani, Saul ^b   Melman, Arnold ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMY 7378; Buspirone; Copulatory behavior; DPAT; Gepirone; Penile reflex; Receptor; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 8 [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] 8 AZASPIRO[4.5]DECANE 7,9 DIONE; ALNESPIRONE; GEPIRONE; HALOPERIDOL; MY 7378; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SPIPERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COITUS; COPULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EJACULATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TARGET ORGAN;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BUSPIRONE; COPULATION; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HALOPERIDOL; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PIPERAZINES; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1; REFLEX; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SPIPERONE;

EID: 0033550882     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01129-9     Document Type: Article

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