Role of intracellular Ca2+ stores in smooth muscle of human penile erectile tissue

Urological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-193

  Sparwasser, Christoph ^a   Schmelz, Hans Ulrich ^a   Drescher, Peter ^b   Eckert, Ralf ^b   Madsen, Paul O ^b  

^a BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blocker; Human corpus cavernosum smooth muscle; Intracellular calcium; Penile erection

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RYANODINE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMPOTENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NIFEDIPINE; PENIS; PHENYLEPHRINE; RABBITS; RYANODINE;

EID: 0031594908     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050045     Document Type: Article

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