Activation of MAP Kinase in Lumbar Spinothalamic Cells Is Required for Ejaculation

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2445-2457

  Staudt, Michael D ^a   de Oliveira, Cleusa V R ^a   Lehman, Michael N ^a   McKenna, Kevin E ^b   Coolen, Lique M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation; Map Kinase; Neural Regulation of Ejaculation; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Reflex; Spinal Cord

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; EJACULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

EID: 77955154396     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01741.x     Document Type: Article

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