Androgen and pituitary control of penile nitric oxide synthase and erectile function in the rat

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 567-574

  Penson, David F ^a   Ng, Chris ^a   Cai, Liping ^a   Rajfer, Jacob ^a   González Cadavid, Nestor F ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029812277     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.3.567     Document Type: Article

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