University of Groningen In search of animal models for male sexual dysfunction Esquivel Franco, Diana

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University of Groningen

In search of animal models for male sexual dysfunction

Esquivel Franco, Diana

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10.33612/diss.95008507

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Esquivel Franco, D. (2019). In search of animal models for male sexual dysfunction: Pharmacological studies in normal and serotonin transporter knockout rats. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

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In search of animal models

for sexual dysfunction

Pharmacological studies in normal and serotonin transporter knockout rats

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The Project presented in this thesis was a collaboration between the University of Groningen (RUG), The Netherlands, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico. The research was performed at the Behavioral Neurobiology group at the Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES, RUG) and the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas (IIB-UNAM). The study was supported by individual training provided by a Scholarship at the RUG and a CONACyT scholarship at the UNAM, Mexico.

The printing of this thesis was financially supported by the University of Groningen and the Graduate School of Science and Engineering (GSSE) of the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

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In search of animal models for

male sexual dysfunction

Pharmacological studies in normal

and serotonin transporter knockout rats

PhD thesis

to obtain the degree of PhD at the University of Groningen

on the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. C. Wijmenga

and in accordance with the decision by the College of Deans

and

to obtain the degree of PhD at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

on the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. E. Graue

and in accordance with the decision by the College of Deans.

Double PhD degree

This thesis will be defended in public on Friday 20 September 2019 at 14.30 hours

by

Diana Carolina Esquivel Franco

born on 28 August 1987 in Mexico City, Mexico

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Supervisors Prof. J.D.A. Olivier Prof. M.J.H. Kas

Prof. G. Gutierrez Ospina Assessment Committee Prof. A. Scheurink

Prof. J.C. Billeter Prof. L. Vanderschuren Prof. G. Roldan Roldan

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Para mi hermosa, pequeña y amada Agnes For my beloved Agnes Voor mijn kleine lieve Agnes

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University of Groningen In search of animal models for male sexual dysfunction Esquivel Franco, Diana