TY - JOUR AU - Andersen, Monica L. AU - Martins, Raquel CS AU - Alvarenga, Tathiana AF AU - Antunes, Isabela B. AU - Papale, Ligia A. AU - Tufik, Sergio PY - 2007 DA - 2007/03/01 TI - Progesterone reduces erectile dysfunction in sleep-deprived spontaneously hypertensive rats JO - Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology SP - 7 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) associated with cocaine has been shown to enhance genital reflexes (penile erection-PE and ejaculation-EJ) in Wistar rats. Since hypertension predisposes males to erectile dysfunction, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of PSD on genital reflexes in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) compared to the Wistar strain. We also extended our study to examine how PSD affect steroid hormone concentrations involved in genital events in both experimental models. SN - 1477-7827 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-5-7 DO - 10.1186/1477-7827-5-7 ID - Andersen2007 ER -