Central control of penile erection: A re-visitation of the role of oxytocin and its interaction with dopamine and glutamic acid in male rats

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 939-955

  Melis, Maria Rosaria ^a   Argiolas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Dopamine; Glutamic acid; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Penile erection; Spinal cord; Ventral subiculum of the hippocampus; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; OXYTOCIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DOPAMINE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 78649903903     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.10.014     Document Type: Review

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