Nitric oxide as a mediator of cocaine-induced penile erection in the rat

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-161

  Chan, Julie Y H ^a,b   Huang, Chian Ling ^a   Chan, Samuel H H ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Corpus cavernosum; Intracavernous pressure; Nitric oxide; Penile erection in rat

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; ARGININE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; CHLORAL HYDRATE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PAPAVERINE; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; SULPIRIDE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; MEDIATOR; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029879855     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15379.x     Document Type: Article

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