Influences of dopamine and glutamate in the medial preoptic area on male sexual behavior

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-123

  Will, Ryan G ^a   Hull, Elaine M ^b   Dominguez, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Glutamate; Nitric oxide; Preoptic area; Reproduction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; APOMORPHINE; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; QUINELORANE; TESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; INJURIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; PREOPTIC AREA; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84901192298     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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