A physiological role for nitric oxide in the centrally mediated sympathetic and somatomotor ejaculatory response in anesthetized male Wistar rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 487-497

  Brack, K E ^a   Watkins, N ^b   Pyner, S ^b   Coote, J H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ejaculation; nitric oxide; NOS immunohistochemistry; sexual climax; spinal pattern generator; vas deferens

Indexed keywords

1 (2 TRIFLUORO METHYLPHENYL) IMIDAZOLE; APOMORPHINE; ARGININE; CHLORAMPHETAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GRAY MATTER; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGASM; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; VAS DEFERENS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; EJACULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 36649017323     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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