Effects of diabetes and treatment with the antioxidant α-lipoic acid on endothelial and neurogenic responses of corpus cavernosum in rats

Diabetologia

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-350

  Keegan, A ^a   Cotter, M A ^a   Cameron, N E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Autonomic neuropathy; Corpus cavernosum; Diabetes mellitus; Impotence; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIOXIDANT; ATROPINE; GUANETHIDINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; STREPTOZOCIN; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ENDOTHELIUM; MALE; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATROPINE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; PENIS; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 0033061065     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051161     Document Type: Article

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