The loss of α-adrenergic effect during the erectile response in the long-term diabetic rat

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-478

  Mills, T M ^a,b   Lewis, R W ^b   Stopper, V S ^a   Reilly, C M ^c  

^a Dept of Physiol and Endocrinology ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic rats; Erectile response; Nitroglycerin; Phenylephrine

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE REACTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; MALE; NITROGLYCERIN; PENILE ERECTION; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031702704     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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