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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 278: H964-H970, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 3, H964-H970, March 2000

Differential ICP responses elicited by electrical stimulation of medial preoptic area

Yoshikazu Sato1 and George J. Christ1,2

1 Department of Urology and 2 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Laboratory of Molecular and Integrative Urology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461

Recent findings indicate a complex role for the medial preoptic area (MPOA) in modulating penile erection. To further investigate this important area we measured changes in intracavernous pressure (ICP) elicited by electrical stimulation of the MPOA and evaluated the contribution of the cavernous nerve to the ICP responses after bilateral transection of the cavernous nerve (CN). In all experiments electrical stimulation was performed unilaterally in anesthetized male rats. Two distinct patterns of ICP response were seen after electrical stimulation of the MPOA: 1) increases in ICP during electrical stimulation (pattern 1, n = 10 rats) and 2) increases in ICP after electrical stimulation was terminated (pattern 2, n = 10 rats). For pattern 1, increases in ICP during stimulation exhibited a stable plateau without contraction of striated penile muscles, and bilateral transection of the CN eliminated the ICP responses. For pattern 2, increases in ICP observed after stimulation were lower, more variable, and accompanied by significant amplitude variations ("peaks"), caused by contraction of striated penile muscles. Bilateral transection of the CN eliminated the pattern 2 ICP response but did not alter striated muscle contraction. Histological studies documented that pattern 1 and pattern 2 responses occurred via electrical stimulation of the anterior and posterior areas of the MPOA, respectively. Thus both responses appear to result from activation of the CN, but the pattern 2 response apparently involves contraction of the striated penile muscles as well.

intracavernous pressure; striated penile muscle


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