Serotonergic lesions of the periaqueductal gray, a primary source of serotonin to the nucleus paragigantocellularis, facilitate sexual behavior in male rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-375

  Normandin, Joseph J ^a,b   Murphy, Anne Z ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Copulation; Ejaculation; Genital reflexes; Periaqueductal gray; SSRI

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PARAGIGANTOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79952100433     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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