Differences in the spinal command of ejaculation in rapid ejaculating rats

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2197-2205

  Borgdorff, Aren J ^a   Rössler, Anne Sophie ^a   Clément, Pierre ^a   Bernabé, Jacques ^a   Alexandre, Laurent ^a   Giuliano, François ^b  

^a Pelvipharm Laboratories   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Ejaculation Latency; Premature Ejaculation; Spinal Generator for Ejaculation

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; INTESTINE PRESSURE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAS DEFERENS; WISTAR RAT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EJACULATION; INNERVATION; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EJACULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68349160730     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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