Intracavernous pressure responses to physical and electrical stimulation of the cavernous nerve in rats

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 640-644

  Rehman, Jamil ^a   Christ, George ^a   Melman, Arnold ^a   Fleischmann, Jonathan ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RAT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; PENIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0031897953     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00693-6     Document Type: Article

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