Activation of Gastrin-releasing Peptide Receptors in the Lumbosacral Spinal Cord is Required for Ejaculation in Male Rats

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1303-1318

  Kozyrev, Natalie ^a,b   Lehman, Michael N ^a,b   Coolen, Lique M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Ejaculation; Gastrin releasing peptide; Motor neuron; Reproduction; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; RC 3095;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BULBOCAVERNOSUS MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84860294621     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02688.x     Document Type: Article

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