Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors facilitate noncontact erections in male rats: Site of action in the brain and mechanism of action

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2680-2689

  Sanna, Fabrizio ^a   Succu, Salvatora ^a   Boi, Antonio ^a   Melis, Maria Rosaria ^a   Argiolas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Nitric oxide; Noncontact erections; PDE5; Sexual arousal; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; VARDENAFIL; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; CYCLIC GMP; DOPAMINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIALYSATE; DRUG RESPONSE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONCONTACT ERECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MICRODIALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CARBOLINES; CYCLIC GMP; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PENILE ERECTION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILDENAFIL CITRATE; SULFONES; TADALAFIL; TRIAZINES; VARDENAFIL DIHYDROCHLORIDE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 70649101493     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01410.x     Document Type: Article

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