Reduction of drug-induced yawning and penile erection and of noncontact erections in male rats by the activation of GABAA receptors in the paraventricular nucleus: Involvement of nitric oxide

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 852-860

  Melis, Maria Rosaria ^a   Argiolas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apomorphine; Baclofen; GABA; Muscimol; NMDA; NO; Oxytocin; Penile erection; Yawning

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; APOMORPHINE; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; YAWNING;

ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; COPULATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MUSCIMOL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; YAWNING;

EID: 0036458285     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01922.x     Document Type: Article

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