Peripheral pharmacology of erection;Pharmacologie périphérique de l'érection

Progres en Urologie

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-33

  Giuliano, François ^a   Rampin, Olivier ^b   Benoit, Gérard ^a   Jardin, Alain ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Antonomic nervous system; Corpus cavemosum; Erection; Smooth muscle fiber

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCIUM; COLLAGEN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; SUBSTANCE P; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTERY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD FLOW; CELL JUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INNERVATION; ION EXCHANGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARTERIES; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCIUM; COLLAGEN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; ION EXCHANGE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SUBSTANCE P; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

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