Yohimbine reverses the exhaustion of the coital reflex in spinal male rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-50

  Carro Juáreza, Miguel ^a   Rodríguez Manzo, Gabriela ^b  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

adrenoceptors; Coital reflex; Noradrenergic system; Sexual exhaustion; Spinal rat; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; PRAZOSIN; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; EJACULATION; EXHAUSTION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD; URETHRA;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CLONIDINE; COPULATION; EJACULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRAZOSIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0344643449     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00324-8     Document Type: Article

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