Intracorporal injection of hSlo cDNA in rats produces physiologically relevant alterations in penile function

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 2 44-2, 1998, Pages

  Christ, G J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporal smooth muscle; Intracavernous injection; Intracavernous pressure; Neurostimulation; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DNA TRANSFECTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

EID: 0031827271     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.275.2.h600     Document Type: Article

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