Maria Rosaria Melis
Bernard B. Brodie Department of Neuroscience
University of Cagliari
Cittadella Universitaria
09042 Monserrato
Italy
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- Central control of penile erection: a re-visitation of the role of oxytocin and its interaction with dopamine and glutamic acid in male rats. Melis, M.R., Argiolas, A. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev (2011)
- Oxytocin induces penile erection when injected into the ventral subiculum: role of nitric oxide and glutamic acid. Melis, M.R., Succu, S., Cocco, C., Caboni, E., Sanna, F., Boi, A., Ferri, G.L., Argiolas, A. Neuropharmacology (2010)
- Oxytocin injected into the ventral subiculum or the posteromedial cortical nucleus of the amygdala induces penile erection and increases extracellular dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens of male rats. Melis, M.R., Succu, S., Sanna, F., Boi, A., Argiolas, A. Eur. J. Neurosci. (2009)
- Oxytocin injected into the ventral tegmental area induces penile erection and increases extracellular dopamine in the nucleus accumbens and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus of male rats. Melis, M.R., Melis, T., Cocco, C., Succu, S., Sanna, F., Pillolla, G., Boi, A., Ferri, G.L., Argiolas, A. Eur. J. Neurosci. (2007)
- PIP3EA and PD-168077, two selective dopamine D4 receptor agonists, induce penile erection in male rats: site and mechanism of action in the brain. Melis, M.R., Succu, S., Sanna, F., Melis, T., Mascia, M.S., Enguehard-Gueiffier, C., Hubner, H., Gmeiner, P., Gueiffier, A., Argiolas, A. Eur. J. Neurosci. (2006)
- The cannabinoid receptor antagonist SR-141716A induces penile erection in male rats: involvement of paraventricular glutamic acid and nitric oxide. Melis, M.R., Succu, S., Mascia, M.S., Sanna, F., Melis, T., Castelli, M.P., Argiolas, A. Neuropharmacology (2006)
- PD-168077, a selective dopamine D4 receptor agonist, induces penile erection when injected into the paraventricular nucleus of male rats. Melis, M.R., Succu, S., Mascia, M.S., Argiolas, A. Neurosci. Lett. (2005)
- Antagonism of cannabinoid CB1 receptors in the paraventricular nucleus of male rats induces penile erection. Melis, M.R., Succu, S., Mascia, M.S., Argiolas, A. Neurosci. Lett. (2004)
- 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. Melis, M.R., Succu, S., Mascia, M.S., Cortis, L., Argiolas, A. Eur. J. Neurosci. (2004)
- Extra-cellular dopamine increases in the paraventricular nucleus of male rats during sexual activity. Melis, M.R., Succu, S., Mascia, M.S., Cortis, L., Argiolas, A. Eur. J. Neurosci. (2003)
- Reduction of drug-induced yawning and penile erection and of noncontact erections in male rats by the activation of GABAA receptors in the paraventricular nucleus: involvement of nitric oxide. Melis, M.R., Argiolas, A. Eur. J. Neurosci. (2002)
- Ghrelin injected into the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus of male rats induces feeding but not penile erection. Melis, M.R., Mascia, M.S., Succu, S., Torsello, A., Muller, E.E., Deghenghi, R., Argiolas, A. Neurosci. Lett. (2002)
- Activation of gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) receptors in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus reduces apomorphine-, N-methyl-D-aspartic acid- and oxytocin-induced penile erection and yawning in male rats. Rosaria Melis, M., Spano, M.S., Succu, S., Argiolas, A. Neurosci. Lett. (2000)
- Effect of excitatory amino acid, dopamine, and oxytocin receptor antagonists on noncontact penile erections and paraventricular nitric oxide production in male rats. Melis, M.R., Succu, S., Spano, M.S., Argiolas, A. Behav. Neurosci. (2000)
- The oxytocin antagonist d(CH2)5Tyr(Me)2-Orn8-vasotocin reduces non-contact penile erections in male rats. Melis, M.R., Spano, M.S., Succu, S., Argiolas, A. Neurosci. Lett. (1999)
- Yawning: role of hypothalamic paraventricular nitric oxide. Melis, M.R., Argiolas, A. Zhongguo. Yao. Li. Xue. Bao (1999)
