Oxytocin induces penile erection when injected into the ventral tegmental area of male rats: Role of nitric oxide and cyclic GMP

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 813-821

  Succu, Salvatora ^a   Sanna, Fabrizio ^a   Cocco, Cristina ^a   Melis, Tiziana ^a   Boi, Antonio ^a   Ferri, Gian Luca ^a   Argiolas, Antonio ^a,b   Melis, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Nitric oxide; Oxytocin; Penile erection; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CONOTOXIN; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXYTOCIN; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOTOCIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROINJECTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYCLIC GMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTOXINS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRITES; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; OXYTOCIN; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 49249102931     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06385.x     Document Type: Article

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