Extracellular excitatory amino acids increase in the paraventricular nucleus of male rats during sexual activity: main role of N‐methyl‐d‐aspartic acid receptors in erectile function
Extracellular excitatory amino acids increase in the paraventricular nucleus of male rats during sexual activity: main role of N‐methyl‐d‐aspartic acid receptors in erectile function
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性活动时雄性大鼠室旁核细胞外兴奋性氨基酸增加:N-甲基-d-天冬氨酸受体在勃起功能中的主要作用
DOI:
10.1111/j.0953-816x.2004.03362.x
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
A. Argiolas
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文献类型:
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作者:
M. R. Melis;S. Succu;M. Mascia;Luca Cortis;A. Argiolas
The concentrations of glutamic and aspartic acids were measured in the dialysate obtained with vertical microdialysis probes implanted into the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus of sexually potent male rats during sexual activity. Animals showed noncontact erections when put in the presence of, and copulated with, a receptive (ovarietomized oestrogen‐ and progesterone‐primed) female rat. The concentrations of glutamic and aspartic acids in the paraventricular dialysate increased by 37 and 80%, respectively, above baseline values during exposure to the receptive female rat and by 55 and 127%, respectively, during copulation. No changes in the concentrations of glutamic and aspartic acids were detected in the paraventricular dialysate when sexually potent male rats were exposed to nonreceptive (ovariectomized not oestrogen‐ and progesterone‐primed) female rats or when impotent male rats were used. The injection into the paraventricular nucleus of the excitatory amino acid receptor antagonist dizocilpine (5 µg), a noncompetitive N‐methyl‐d‐aspartic acid receptor antagonist, reduced noncontact erections and significantly impaired copulatory activity. The α‐amino‐3‐hydroxy‐5‐methylisoxazole‐4‐propionic acid receptor antagonist 6‐cyano‐7‐nitro‐quinoxaline‐2,3‐dione (5 µg) was also able to impair copulatory activity, but to a much lower extent than dizocilpine. In contrast, (±)‐2‐amino‐4‐phosphono‐butanoic acid, a metabotropic receptor antagonist (5 µg), was found to be ineffective. These results confirm the involvement of the paraventricular nucleus in the control of erectile function and copulatory behaviour and show that excitatory amino acid concentration increases in the paraventricular nucleus when penile erection occurs in physiological contexts.
DOI:
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发表时间:
1998
期刊:
International journal of impotence research.
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作者:
McKenna,KE
通讯作者:
McKenna,KE
DOI:
10.1210/jcem.75.3.1355489
发表时间:
1992
期刊:
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
影响因子:
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作者:
Cameron,JL;Pomerantz,SM;Layden,LM;Amico,JA
通讯作者:
Amico,JA