Possible role for endothelins in penile erection

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-74

  Gil, Ari ^a   Vardi, Yoram ^b   Hoffman, Aaron ^c   Finberg, John P M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Department of Urology ^*  (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Endothelin; Nitric oxide (NO); Penile erection; Rat

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 3; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD LESION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030594641     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00172-0     Document Type: Article

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