Dopamine D2-like receptor agonists induce penile erection in male rats: differential role of D2, D3 and D4 receptors in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus
Authors:
- Fabrizio SannaFabrizio Sanna
- Salvatora SuccuSSSalvatora Succu
- Harald HübnerHHHarald Hübner
- Peter GmeinerPGPeter Gmeiner
- Antonio ArgiolasAAAntonio Argiolas
- Maria Rosaria MelisMMMaria Rosaria Melis
- 1 November 2011
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Behavioural Brain Research
- Vol. 225 (1) , 169-176
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