Role of nitric oxide in the biology, physiology and pathophysiology of reproduction

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-24

  Rosselli, Marinella ^a   Keller, Paul J ^a   Dubey, Raghvendra K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Pathophysiology; Physiology; Reproductive system; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC GMP; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; STEROID;

APOPTOSIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; OVIDUCT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS FUNCTION; VAGINA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARY; PENILE ERECTION; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM MOTILITY; STEROIDS; TESTIS; UTERUS;

EID: 0031923571     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.1.3     Document Type: Review

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