Perineal striated muscles: Anatomy, spinal motoneurons, and participation on copulatory behavior in male rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Synapse

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 653-661

  Zempoalteca, R ^a   Lucio, R A ^a   Eguibar, José R ^b,c,d  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b Laboratorio de Neuromodulación   (Mexico)

^c BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^d NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bulbospongiosus muscle; Ejaculation; Ischiocavernosus muscle; Lumbosacral spinal motoneurons; Male copulatory behavior

Indexed keywords

WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULBOSPONGIOSUS MUSCLE; CAT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL LABELING; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; GERBIL; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; ISCHIOCAVERNOUS MUSCLE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; DENERVATION; EJACULATION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, STRIATED; PERINEUM; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 47749096704     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20536     Document Type: Article

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