Astrocytes in the medial preoptic area modulate ejaculation latency in an experience-dependent fashion

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-73

  Will, Ryan G ^a   Nutsch, Victoria L ^a   Turner, Jonathan M ^a   Hattori, Tomoko ^a   Tobiansky, Daniel J ^a   Dominguez, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Male sexual behavior; Medial preoptic area

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; EJACULATION LATENCY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MATING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; POST EJACULATORY INTERVAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; COPULATION; CYTOLOGY; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COUNT; COPULATION; EJACULATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84930339288     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bne0000026     Document Type: Article

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