Androgen implants in medial amygdala briefly maintain noncontact erection in castrated male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 345-355

  Bialy, Michal ^a,b   Sachs, Benjamin D ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Copulation; Estradiol; Penile erection; Sexual behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; INCIDENCE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; LONG EVANS RAT; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; COPULATION; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0036451778     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2002.1821     Document Type: Article

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