Multiple vasodilator pathways from the pelvic plexus to the penis of the rat

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 277-285

  Dail, W G ^a   Harji, F ^a   Gonzales, J ^a   Galindo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous nerve; Nitric oxide synthase; Pelvic plexus; Penis; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; STAINING; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032699247     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900434     Document Type: Article

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