Central oxytocinergic and dopaminergic mechanisms regulating penile erection in conscious rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 797-804

  Martino, Brenda ^a   Hsieh, Gin C ^a   Hollingsworth, Peter R ^a   Mikusa, Joseph P ^a   Moreland, Robert B ^a   Bitner, R Scott ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomorphine; Dopamine; Intrathecal; Oxytocin; Penile erection

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; ARGIPRESTOCIN; CLOZAPINE; DOPAMINE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; CLOZAPINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYTOCIN; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 23944521041     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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