Cavernosal nerve stimulation in the rat reverses castration-induced decrease in penile NOS activity

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 271, Issue 2 34-2, 1996, Pages

  Lugg, James ^a   Ng, Chris ^a   Rajfer, Jacob ^a   González Cadavid, Néstor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

nitric oxide; nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029783133     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.271.2.e354     Document Type: Article

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