Gating of the dorsal penile nerve inputs by norepinephrine at the medial preoptic area in rats

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-330

  Mallick, H N ^a   Kumar, V M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dorsal penile nerve; Medial preoptic area; Microiontophoreois; Norepinephrine; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN BITARTRATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PENIS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 23044472340     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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