Morphine reduces penile erection induced by the cannabinoid receptor antagonist SR 141617A in male rats: Role of paraventricular glutamic acid and nitric oxide

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 404, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Succu, Salvatora ^a   Mascia, Maria Stefania ^a   Melis, Tiziana ^a   Sanna, Fabrizio ^a   Boi, Antonio ^a   Melis, Maria Rosaria ^a   Argiolas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid CB1 receptors; Morphine; Nitric oxide (NO); Opioid receptors; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Penile erection; Rat; SR 141716A

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; RIMONABANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MORPHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PENILE ERECTION; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33745911337     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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