Brain oxytocin receptors mediate ejaculation elicited by 7-hydroxy-2-(di-N-propylamino) tetralin (7-OH-DPAT) in anaesthetized rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1150-1159

  Clement P ^a   Peeters, M ^a   Bernabe J ^a   Denys, P ^b,c   Alexandre, L ^a   Giuliano, F ^a,b,c  

^a Pelvipharm Laboratories   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Bulbospongiosus muscle; Dopamine D3 receptors; Erection; Premature ejaculation; Seminal vesicle; Sexual functions

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 7 HYDROXYTETRALIN; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; ORNITHINE 8 OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; EJACULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THORACIC SPINE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EJACULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SPINAL CORD; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES;

EID: 46249106275     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjp.2008.176     Document Type: Article

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