II. Slow oscillations in vaginal blood flow: Regulation of vaginal blood flow patterns in rat by central and autonomic mechanisms

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1088-1103

  Allers, Kelly A ^a   Richards, Natalie ^a   Scott, Liam ^a   Sweatman, Catherine ^a   Cheung, Jolenta ^a   Reynolds, David ^a   Casey, James H ^a   Wayman, Chris ^a  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Female genital arousal Responses; Laserdoppler; Oscillation; Vaginal blood flow

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; CHLORAMPHETAMINE; DOMPERIDONE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HALOPERIDOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TONGUE; TRUNK; VAGINA; VAGUS NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 77950837728     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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