Nitric oxide as a mediator of relaxation of the corpus cavernosum in response to nonadrenergic, noncholinergic neurotransmission

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 90-94

  Rajfer, Jacob ^a   Aronson, William J ^a   Dorey, Frederick J ^a   Bush, Peggy A ^a   Ignarro, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; ATROPINE; DEXTRO ARGININE; GUANETHIDINE; INDOMETACIN; METHYLENE BLUE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROSAMINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; TETRODOTOXIN; ZAPRINAST;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; ORGAN CULTURE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PURINONES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0026353632     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199201093260203     Document Type: Article

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