Improved erectile function after Rho-kinase inhibition in a rat castrate model of erectile dysfunction

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 6 53-6, 2003, Pages

  Wingard, Christopher J ^a   Johnson, John A ^a   Holmes, Andre ^a   Prikosh, Anita ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Phenylephrine; RhoA; Smooth muscle contraction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ANDROGEN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RHO KINASE; TESTOSTERONE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PELLET; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0013198310     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00041.2003     Document Type: Article

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