Effect of excitatory amino acid, dopamine, and oxytocin receptor antagonists on noncontact penile erections and paraventricular nitric oxide production in male rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 849-857

  Melis, Maria Rosaria ^a,b   Succu, Salvatora ^a,b   Spano, Maria Sabrina ^a,b   Argiolas, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ARGIPRESTOCIN; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUPENTIXOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; RACLOPRIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033838569     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.114.4.849     Document Type: Article

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