Fluoxetine Chronic Treatment Inhibits Male Rat Sexual Behavior by Affecting Both Copulatory Behavior and the Genital Motor Pattern of Ejaculation

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1015-1026

  Hueletl Soto, María Eugenia ^a   Carro Juárez, Miguel ^b   Rodríguez Manzo, Gabriela ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic antidepressant treatment; Brain and spinal control of ejaculation; Fluoxetine; Sexual dysfunction; Spinal generator of ejaculation; SSRI

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; FLUOXETINE; PROGESTERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COPULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EJACULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84859264286     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02339.x     Document Type: Article

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