Adrenal control of erectile function and nitric oxide synthase in the rat penis

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3925-3932

  Penson, David F ^a   Ng, Chris ^a   Rajfer, Jacob ^a   Gonzalez Cadavid, Nestor F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030795430     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.9.5402     Document Type: Article

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