Potentiation of reflex erectile responses in the anaesthetized rat by the selective melanocortin receptor 4 agonist MB243

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1029-1033

  Allard, Julien ^a   Reynolds, David S ^a   Edmunds, Nicholas J ^a  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsal penile nerve; Electrical stimulation; Penile erection; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; MB 243; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; N [2 (4 CYCLOHEXYL 4 (((1,1 DIMETHYLETHYL)AMINO)CARBONYL) 1 PIPERIDINYL) 1 ((4 FLUOROPHENYL)METHYL) 2 OXOETHYL] 4 METHYL 2 PIPERAZINECARBOXAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; REFLEX; URETHANE;

EID: 48949121927     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07751.x     Document Type: Article

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