Age-related changes of the GABA-B receptor in the lumbar spinal cord of male rats and penile erection

Life Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1529-1534

  Dorfman, Verónica B ^a   Vega, Maria Cristina ^a   Coirini, Héctor ^a,b  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aging; Baclofen; Development; Erectile dysfunction; GABA; GABA B receptors; Penile erection; Quantitative autoradiography; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; TRITIUM;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; GRAY MATTER; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; LIGANDS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 32944479364     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.06.045     Document Type: Article

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