Androgens modulate nitric oxide synthase messenger ribonucleic acid expression in neurons of the major pelvic ganglion in the rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3093-3102

  Schirar, Alain ^a   Bonnefond, Catherine ^a   Meusnier, Chantal ^a   Devinoy, Eve ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION;

EID: 0030738254     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.8.5310     Document Type: Article

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