Pubmed Publications

• Central regulation of ejaculation.
• Coolen LM, Allard J, Truitt WA, McKenna KE Physiology & behavior 2004 Nov 15; 83(2):203-15 PMID: 15488540
• Central nervous system pathways involved in the control of penile erection.
• McKenna KE Annual review of sex research 1999; 10:157-83 PMID: 10895251
• A model for the study of sexual function in anesthetized male and female rats.
• McKenna KE, Chung SK, McVary KT The American journal of physiology 1991 Nov; 261(5 Pt 2):R1276-85 PMID: 1951776
• The organization of the pudendal nerve in the male and female rat.
• McKenna KE, Nadelhaft I The Journal of comparative neurology 1986 Jun 22; 248(4):532-49 PMID: 3722467
• Activation of NMDA Receptors in Lumbar Spinothalamic Cells is Required for Ejaculation.
• Staudt MD, de Oliveira CV, Lehman MN, McKenna KE, Coolen LM The journal of sexual medicine 2011 Apr; 8(4):1015-26 PMID: 21235717
• Regeneration of the cavernous nerve by Sonic hedgehog using aligned peptide amphiphile nanofibers.
• Angeloni NL, Bond CW, Tang Y, Harrington DA, Zhang S, Stupp SI, McKenna KE, Podlasek CA Biomaterials 2011 Feb; 32(4):1091-101 PMID: 20971506
• Peptide amphiphile nanofiber delivery of sonic hedgehog protein to reduce smooth muscle apoptosis in the penis after cavernous nerve resection.
• Bond CW, Angeloni NL, Harrington DA, Stupp SI, McKenna KE, Podlasek CA The journal of sexual medicine 2011 Jan; 8(1):78-89 PMID: 20807324

• Neural regulation of ejaculation.
• Young B, Coolen L, McKenna K The journal of sexual medicine 2009 Mar; 6 Suppl 3:229-33 PMID: 19267846
• Regulation of cavernous nerve injury-induced apoptosis by sonic hedgehog.
• Podlasek CA, Meroz CL, Tang Y, McKenna KE, McVary KT Biology of reproduction 2007 Jan; 76(1):19-28 PMID: 16988214
• The Bolger conference on PDE-5 inhibition and HIV risk: implications for health policy and prevention.
• Rosen RC, Catania JA, Ehrhardt AA, Burnett AL, Lue TF, McKenna K, Heiman JR, Schwarcz S, Ostrow DG, Hirshfield S, Purcell DW, Fisher WA, Stall R, Halkitis PN, Latini DM, Elford J, Laumann EO, Sonenstein FL, Greenblatt DJ, Kloner RA, Lee J, Malebranche D, Janssen E, Diaz R, Klausner JD, Caplan AL, Jackson G, Shabsigh R, Khalsa JH, Stoff DM, Goldmeier D, Lamba H, Richardson D, Sadeghi-Nejad H The journal of sexual medicine 2006 Nov; 3(6):960-75; discussion 973-5 PMID: 17100928
• Spinal cord control of ejaculation.
• Allard J, Truitt WA, McKenna KE, Coolen LM World journal of urology 2005 Jun; 23(2):119-26 PMID: 15947961
• Sonic hedgehog, the penis and erectile dysfunction: a review of sonic hedgehog signaling in the penis.
• Podlasek CA, Meroz CL, Korolis H, Tang Y, McKenna KE, McVary KT Current pharmaceutical design 2005; 11(31):4011-27 PMID: 16378507
• The relationship between erectile dysfunction and lower urinary tract symptoms: epidemiological, clinical, and basic science evidence.
• McVary KT, McKenna KE Current urology reports 2004 Aug; 5(4):251-7 PMID: 15260924
• Summary of the recommendations on sexual dysfunctions in men.
• Lue TF, Giuliano F, Montorsi F, Rosen RC, Andersson KE, Althof S, Christ G, Hatzichristou D, Hirsch M, Kimoto Y, Lewis R, McKenna K, MacMahon C, Morales A, Mulcahy J, Padma-Nathan H, Pryor J, de Tejada IS, Shabsigh R, Wagner G The journal of sexual medicine 2004 Jul; 1(1):6-23 PMID: 16422979
• Spinal control of erection by glutamate in rats.
• Rampin O, Monnerie R, Jérôme N, McKenna K, Maurin Y American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology 2004 Apr; 286(4):R710-8 PMID: 14684562
• Altered Sonic hedgehog signaling is associated with morphological abnormalities in the penis of the BB/WOR diabetic rat.
• Podlasek CA, Zelner DJ, Harris JD, Meroz CL, Tang Y, McKenna KE, McVary KT Biology of reproduction 2003 Sep; 69(3):816-27 PMID: 12748119
• Microarray analysis and description of SMR1 gene in rat penis in a post-radical prostatectomy model of erectile dysfunction.
• User HM, Zelner DJ, McKenna KE, McVary KT The Journal of urology 2003 Jul; 170(1):298-301 PMID: 12796709
• Penile weight and cell subtype specific changes in a post-radical prostatectomy model of erectile dysfunction.
• User HM, Hairston JH, Zelner DJ, McKenna KE, McVary KT The Journal of urology 2003 Mar; 169(3):1175-9 PMID: 12576876
• Sonic hedgehog cascade is required for penile postnatal morphogenesis, differentiation, and adult homeostasis.
• Podlasek CA, Zelner DJ, Jiang HB, Tang Y, Houston J, McKenna KE, McVary KT Biology of reproduction 2003 Feb; 68(2):423-38 PMID: 12533405
• Comment: neurologic, psychological, and aggressive disturbances with sildenafil.
• Rosen RC, McKenna KE The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2002 Dec; 36(12):1973-4; author reply 1974 PMID: 12452766
• Selegiline enhances erectile activity induced by dopamine injection in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in anesthetized rats.
• Allard J, Bernabe J, Derdinger F, Alexandre L, McKenna K, Giuliano F International journal of impotence research 2002 Dec; 14(6):518-22 PMID: 12494289
• The neurophysiology of female sexual function.
• McKenna KE World journal of urology 2002 Jun; 20(2):93-100 PMID: 12107539
• Posterior Hox gene expression in developing genitalia.
• Podlasek C, Houston J, McKenna KE, McVary KT Evolution & development 2002 Mar-Apr; 4(2):142-63 PMID: 12004963
• alpha(2a) and alpha(2c) adrenoceptors on spinal neurons controlling penile erection.
• Yaïci ED, Rampin O, Calas A, Jestin A, McKenna KE, Leclerc P, Benoit G, Giuliano F Neuroscience 2002; 114(4):945-60 PMID: 12379250
• PDE-5 inhibition and sexual response: pharmacological mechanisms and clinical outcomes.
• Rosen RC, McKenna KE Annual review of sex research 2002; 13:36-88 PMID: 12836729
• Analysis of NOS isoform changes in a post radical prostatectomy model of erectile dysfunction.
• Podlasek CA, Gonzalez CM, Zelner DJ, Jiang HB, McKenna KE, McVary KT International journal of impotence research 2001 Dec; 13 Suppl 5:S1-15 PMID: 11781741
• Characterization and localization of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in the BB/WOR diabetic rat.
• Podlasek CA, Zelner DJ, Bervig TR, Gonzalez CM, McKenna KE, McVary KT The Journal of urology 2001 Aug; 166(2):746-55 PMID: 11458128
• Spinal proerectile effect of oxytocin in anesthetized rats.
• Giuliano F, Bernabé J, McKenna K, Longueville F, Rampin O American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology 2001 Jun; 280(6):R1870-7 PMID: 11353694
• Neural circuitry involved in sexual function.
• McKenna KE The journal of spinal cord medicine 2001 Fall; 24(3):148-54 PMID: 11585233
• Restoring sexual function by electrical activation of the nervous system: a symposium.
• Bodner DR, McKenna KE, Sipski ML The journal of spinal cord medicine 2001 Fall; 24(3):147 PMID: 11585232
• Protein and gene expression of nitric oxide synthase isoforms I and III in the rat penile shaft.
• Gonzalez CM, Brannigan RE, Bervig T, Zelner D, Podlasek CA, McKenna KE, McVary KT Journal of andrology 2001 Jan-Feb; 22(1):54-61 PMID: 11191088
• Some proposals regarding the organization of the central nervous system control of penile erection.
• McKenna KE Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 2000 Jul; 24(5):535-40 PMID: 10880819
• The neural control of female sexual function.
• McKenna KE NeuroRehabilitation 2000; 15(2):133-143 PMID: 11455090
• Sildenafil causes a dose- and time-dependent downregulation of phosphodiesterase type 6 expression in the rat retina.
• Gonzalez CM, Bervig T, Podlasek C, Huang CF, McKenna KE, McVary KT International journal of impotence research 1999 Sep; 11 Suppl 1:S9-14 PMID: 10554924
• The brain is the master organ in sexual function: central nervous system control of male and female sexual function.
• McKenna K International journal of impotence research 1999 Sep; 11 Suppl 1:S48-55 PMID: 10554930
• 5-Hydroxytryptamine2C receptors on spinal neurons controlling penile erection in the rat.
• Bancila M, Vergé D, Rampin O, Backstrom JR, Sanders-Bush E, McKenna KE, Marson L, Calas A, Giuliano F Neuroscience 1999; 92(4):1523-37 PMID: 10426504
• Oxytocinergic innervation of autonomic nuclei controlling penile erection in the rat.
• Véronneau-Longueville F, Rampin O, Freund-Mercier MJ, Tang Y, Calas A, Marson L, McKenna KE, Stoeckel ME, Benoit G, Giuliano F Neuroscience 1999; 93(4):1437-47 PMID: 10501469
• Central control of penile erection.
• McKenna KE International journal of impotence research 1998 May; 10 Suppl 1:S25-34 PMID: 9669218
• Prostate innervation.
• McVary KT, McKenna KE, Lee C The Prostate. Supplement 1998; 8:2-13 PMID: 9690657
• Sexual dysfunction in the diabetic BB/WOR rat: a role of central neuropathy.
• McVary KT, Rathnau CH, McKenna KE The American journal of physiology 1997 Jan; 272(1 Pt 2):R259-67 PMID: 9039017

• CNS cell groups involved in the control of the ischiocavernosus and bulbospongiosus muscles: a transneuronal tracing study using pseudorabies virus.
• Marson L, McKenna KE The Journal of comparative neurology 1996 Oct 14; 374(2):161-79 PMID: 8906491
• Growth of the rat prostate gland is facilitated by the autonomic nervous system.
• McVary KT, Razzaq A, Lee C, Venegas MF, Rademaker A, McKenna KE Biology of reproduction 1994 Jul; 51(1):99-107 PMID: 7918880
• Serotonergic neurotoxic lesions facilitate male sexual reflexes.
• Marson L, McKenna KE Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior 1994 Apr; 47(4):883-8 PMID: 7518085
• Stimulation of the hypothalamus initiates the urethrogenital reflex in male rats.
• Marson L, McKenna KE Brain research 1994 Feb 28; 638(1-2):103-8 PMID: 8199850
• Central nervous system innervation of the penis as revealed by the transneuronal transport of pseudorabies virus.
• Marson L, Platt KB, McKenna KE Neuroscience 1993 Jul; 55(1):263-80 PMID: 7688882
• Lesions of the nucleus paragigantocellularis alter ex copula penile reflexes.
• Marson L, List MS, McKenna KE Brain research 1992 Oct 2; 592(1-2):187-92 PMID: 1450909
• Quantitative analysis of bulbospinal projections from the rostral ventrolateral medulla: contribution of C1-adrenergic and nonadrenergic neurons.
• Jeske I, McKenna KE The Journal of comparative neurology 1992 Oct 1; 324(1):1-13 PMID: 1401261
• A role for 5-hydroxytryptamine in descending inhibition of spinal sexual reflexes.
• Marson L, McKenna KE Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Expérimentation cérébrale 1992; 88(2):313-20 PMID: 1577105
• Modulation by peripheral serotonin of the threshold for sexual reflexes in female rats.
• McKenna KE, Knight KC, Mayers R Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior 1991 Sep; 40(1):151-6 PMID: 1780336
• Requirement of innervation for maintenance of structural and functional integrity in the rat prostate.
• Wang JM, McKenna KE, McVary KT, Lee C Biology of reproduction 1991 Jun; 44(6):1171-6 PMID: 1873391
• Determination of prostatic secretion in rats: effect of neurotransmitters and testosterone.
• Wang JM, McKenna KE, Lee C The Prostate 1991; 18(4):289-301 PMID: 1676157
• The identification of a brainstem site controlling spinal sexual reflexes in male rats.
• Marson L, McKenna KE Brain research 1990 May 7; 515(1-2):303-8 PMID: 2357567
• The pudendo-pudendal reflex in male and female rats.
• McKenna KE, Nadelhaft I Journal of the autonomic nervous system 1989 Jun; 27(1):67-77 PMID: 2794345
• Sexual reflexes in male and female rats.
• Chung SK, McVary KT, McKenna KE Neuroscience letters 1988 Dec 5; 94(3):343-8 PMID: 3205410
• Sexual dimorphism in sympathetic preganglionic neurons of the rat hypogastric nerve.
• Nadelhaft I, McKenna KE The Journal of comparative neurology 1987 Feb 8; 256(2):308-15 PMID: 3558884
• Mechanisms mediating the sympathetic silent period: studies in the isolated spinal cord of the neonatal rat.
• McKenna KE, Schramm LP Brain research 1985 Mar 11; 329(1-2):233-40 PMID: 3978444
• Baclofen inhibits sympathetic preganglionic neurons in an isolated spinal cord preparation.
• McKenna KE, Schramm LP Neuroscience letters 1984 Jun 1; 47(1):85-8 PMID: 6462533
• Effects of substance P on sympathetic preganglionic neurones.
• Gilbey MP, McKenna KE, Schramm LP Neuroscience letters 1983 Oct 31; 41(1-2):157-9 PMID: 6196693
• Sympathetic preganglionic neurons in the isolated spinal cord of the neonatal rat.
• McKenna KE, Schramm LP Brain research 1983 Jun 20; 269(2):201-10 PMID: 6883079
• Sympathetic hyperactivity and hypertension in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats despite early dorsolateral funicular lesions.
• Schramm LP, Gunther HJ, McKenna KE, Barton GB Brain research 1979 May 11; 167(2):402-7 PMID: 445138
• Spinal pathways mediating splanchnic sympathetic excitation and sympathetic silent periods in the rat.
• Schramm LP, Howland EW, McKenna KE, Barton GN Brain research 1979 May 11; 167(2):396-401 PMID: 445137

Books and Book Chapters

• McKenna KE. Animal Models for the Study of Erectile Function and Dysfunction. In: McVary KT, editor. 2010. Contemporary Treatment of Erectile Dysfunctions. New York: Humana Press 287.
• Hull EM, Wood RI, McKenna KE. Neurobiology of male sexual behavior. In: Neill JD, editor. 2006. Physiology of Reproduction. New York: Elsevier
• McKenna KE. The central control and pharmacological modulation of sexual function. In: Hyde JS, editor. 2005. Biological Substrates of Human Sexuality. Washington: American Psychological Association.