Endomorphin-1, effects on male sexual behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-101

  Parra Gámez, Leticia ^a   García Hidalgo, A Alejandro ^a   Salazar Juarez A ^b   Anton B ^b   Paredes, Raúl G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Endomorphin 1; Opioid receptors; Rat; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ENDOMORPHIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HISTOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 62849096288     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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