Influence of testosterone on the electrical properties of scrotal nerves at the cutaneous and spinal levels in the male rat

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-81

  Manzo, Jorge ^a   García, Luis I ^a   Camacho, Miguel A ^a   Hernández, María Elena ^a   Pacheco, Pablo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dorsal penile nerve; L6 S1 trunk; Lumbosacral trunk; Pudendal nerve; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCROTUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN NERVE;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SCROTUM; SKIN; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0043287315     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8027.2003.03010.x     Document Type: Article

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