Role of the lateral preoptic area and the bed nucleus of stria terminalis in the regulation of penile erection

Brain Research

Volumn 1357, Issue , 2010, Pages 70-78

  Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a,b   Jodo, Eiichi ^a   Kawauchi, Akihiro ^c   Miki, Tsuneharu ^c   Kayama, Yukihiko ^a   Koyama, Yoshimasa ^d  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Maizuru Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Lateral preoptic area; Medial preoptic area; Paraventricular nucleus; Penile erection

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; MICTURITION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEMETRY;

RATTUS;

EID: 77957288486     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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