Morphine and Dynorphin(1-13) Microinjected into the Medial Preoptic Area and Nucleus Accumbens: Effects on Sexual Behavior in Male Rats

Overview

Journal Brain Res

Specialty Neurology

Date 1990 Jul 30

PMID 1976031

Citations 13

Authors

L C Band

E M Hull

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Abstract

The effects on sexual behavior of opiate receptor stimulation within A10 and A14 terminal areas were examined in the following experiments. Morphine (0.01-6 nmol) and dynorphin(1-13) (0.01-3 pmol) were microinjected into the medial preoptic area (MPOA). Morphine (10-100 pmol) and dynorphin (10-100 fmol) injected into the MPOA reduced both the latency to ejaculate and the number of intromissions triggering ejaculation. Morphine (6 nmol) produced a failure to resume copulating following the second ejaculation. Morphine (1-10 nmol) injected into the nucleus accumbens (ACC) shortened the latency to the first intromission and lengthened the second postejaculatory interval. Naloxone (3 mg/kg i.p.) reversed the effects of morphine on intromission latency and attenuated the lowering of ejaculatory threshold.

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