The "syncytial tissue triad": A model for understanding how gap junctions participate in the local control of penile erection

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-44

  Christ, G J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURONS; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030640228     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01275155     Document Type: Article

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