The nature of spontaneous cavernosal activity

BJU International

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-452

  Colakoglu Z ^a   Kutluay, E ^a   Ertekin, C ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cavernosal activity; Electrophysiology; Impotence; Penis; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENIS;

EID: 0033052009     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1999.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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