Central control of penile erection: Role of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Argiolas, Antonio ^a   Melis, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

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2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 3 [[4 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]METHYL] 1H PYRROLO[2,3 B]PYRIDINE; 4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; ABT 724; APOMORPHINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; EP 40737; EP 40904; EP 50885; EP 51216; EP 51322; EP 51389; EP 60761; EP 70555; EP 80661; EP 90101; EP 90173; EP 91072; HEXARELIN; LISURIDE; N METHYL 4 (2 CYANOPHENYL)PIPERAZINYL 3 METHYLBENZAMIDE MALEATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; NALOXONE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; QUINPIROLE; RIMONABANT; SUMANIROLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; COPULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEEDING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLIC BALANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PENILE ERECTION; RATS;

EID: 22744447482     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2005.06.002     Document Type: Review

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