Dopamine agonist-induced penile erection and yawning: Differential role of D2-like receptor subtypes and correlation with nitric oxide production in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus of male rats
Authors:
- Fabrizio SannaFabrizio Sanna
- Salvatora SuccuSSSalvatora Succu
- Maria Rosaria MelisMMMaria Rosaria Melis
- Antonio ArgiolasAAAntonio Argiolas
- 1 May 2012
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Behavioural Brain Research
- Vol. 230 (2) , 355-364
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Funding Information
- Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
- Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
- European Social Fund Plus
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