Brain-spinal cord neural circuits controlling male sexual function and behavior

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-116

  Sakamoto, Hirotaka ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain spinal cord neural circuits; Male sexual behavior; Neuroanatomy; Sex steroids; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE; VASOPRESSIN;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; BULBOCAVERNOSUS SPINAL NUCLEUS; EFFERENT NERVE; EJACULATION; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; ONUF NUCLEUS; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84855355885     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.11.002     Document Type: Review

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