Central nervous mechanisms of erection;Commande nerveuse centrale de l'érection

Progres en Urologie

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-23

  Rampin, Olivier ^a   Giuliano, François ^b   Benoit, Gérard ^b   Jardin, Alain ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Erection; Hypothalamus; Medulla; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COITUS; EFFERENT NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROSECRETION; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; RAPHE NUCLEUS; REFLEX; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COITUS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PREOPTIC AREA; RAPHE NUCLEI; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REFLEX; SLEEP, REM; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

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