Synergistic actions of apomorphine and m-chlorophenylpiperazine on ejaculation, but not penile erection in rats

Biomedical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 71-78

  Yonezawa, Akihiko ^a   Yoshizumi, Masaru ^a   Ise, Shin Nosuke ^a   Watanabe, Chizuko ^a   Mizoguchi, Hirokazu ^a   Furukawa, Katsuo ^b   Tsuru, Hiromichi ^b   Kimura, Yukio ^c   Kawatani, Masahito ^d   Sakurada, Shinobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Towada Urology Hospital   (Japan)

^d AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 CHLOROPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; 1 (1 METHYL 5 INDOLYL) 3 (3 METHYL 5 ISOTHIAZOLYL)UREA; 6 CHLORO 5 METHYL 1 [[2 [(2 METHYL 3 PYRIDYL)OXY] 5 PYRIDYL]CARBAMOYL]INDOLINE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; APOMORPHINE; DOMPERIDONE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; HALOPERIDOL; KETANSERIN; N (1 METHYL 1H 5 INDOLYL) N' (3 METHYL 5 ISOTHIAZOLYL)UREA; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SULPIRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1-(3-CHLOROPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EJACULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; EJACULATION; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PIPERAZINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SEROTONIN AGONISTS;

EID: 67649803448     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.30.71     Document Type: Article

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