Erectile dysfunction in aging: Upregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 516-522

  Haas, Christopher A ^a   Seftel, Allen D ^a   Razmjouei, Karim ^a   Ganz, Michael B ^a   Hampel, Nehemia ^a   Ferguson, Kelly ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; ENDOTHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPOTENCE; IONOPHORES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PENIS; RABBITS; UP-REGULATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032031272     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00715-2     Document Type: Article

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