Androgens modulate the α-adrenergic responsiveness of vascular smooth muscle in the corpus cavernosum

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-31

  Reilly, Christopher M ^a   Stopper, Vivienne S ^a   Mills, Thomas M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenergic; Penile erection; phenylephrine; prazosin; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GANGLION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; ORCHIECTOMY; PENIS; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031055155     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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