Evidence that androgen acts through NMDA receptors to affect motoneurons in the rat spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 9567-9572

  Jordan, Cynthia L ^a   Christensen, Scott E ^b   Handa, Robert J ^a,c   Anderson, Jennifer L ^a   Pouliot, Wendy A ^b   Marc Breedlove, S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; MK 801; Motoneurons; Neural plasticity; NMDA receptor; Spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN; DIZOCILPINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IMPLANT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036849605     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-21-09567.2002     Document Type: Article

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