Ginkgo biloba extract treatment increases noncontact erections and central dopamine levels in rats: Role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and the medial preoptic area

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 585-590

  Yeh, Kuei Ying ^a,b   Liu, Yan Zhen ^a   Tai, Mei Yun ^a   Tsai, Yuan Feen ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Dopamine; EGb 761; Medial preoptic area; Noncontact erection

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 77955662422     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1861-4     Document Type: Article

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