EP 60761-and EP 50885-induced penile erection: Structure - Activity studies and comparison with apomorphine, oxytocin and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 255-262

  Melis, M R ^a   Spano, M S ^a   Succu, S ^b   Locatelli, V ^b   Torsello, A ^b   Muller, E E ^b   Deghenghi, R ^c   Argiolas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Ardana   (France)

Author keywords

EP peptides; Growth hormone (GH) releasing peptides; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus rat; Penile erection

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; ARGIPRESTOCIN; BRAIN RECEPTOR; DIZOCILPINE; EP 40737; EP 40904; EP 50885; EP 51216; EP 51322; EP 60761; EP 70555; EP 80661; EP 90101; EP 91071; EP 91072; EP 91073; FLUPENTIXOL; GROWTH HORMONE DERIVATIVE; HEXARELIN; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034528396     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900611     Document Type: Article

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