Psychopharmacology of male rat sexual behavior: Modeling human sexual dysfunctions?

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Olivier, B ^a,b   Chan, J S W ^a   Pattij, T ^a,c   De Jong, T R ^a,c   Oosting, R S ^a   Veening, J G ^a,c   Waldinger, M D ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HagaHospital Leyenburg ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal model; Endophenotype; Premature ejaculation; Serotonin; SSRI

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANPIRTOLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; FENFLURAMINE; FG 5893; FLESINOXAN; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; GEPIRONE; IPSAPIRONE; LIGAND; MELATONIN; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; NALOXONE; PAROXETINE; PRAMIPEXOLE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; SILDENAFIL;

COPULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EJACULATION; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748309154     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901330     Document Type: Review

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