Effects of endothelial impairment by saponin on the responses to vasodilators and nitrergic nerve stimulation in isolated canine corpus cavernosum

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 802-808

  Okamura, Tomio ^a   Ayajiki, Kazuhide ^a   Fujioka, Hideyuki ^a   Toda, Megumi ^a   Fujimiya, Mineko ^a   Toda, Noboru ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; ATP; Corpus cavernosum; Endothelium depenent relaxation; Nitrergic function; Nitric oxide; Saponin; Transmural electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINOPHYLLINE; ARGININE; ATROPINE; BRADYKININ; CALCIMYCIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; POTASSIUM ION; SAPONIN; SUBSTANCE P; TETRODOTOXIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; DOGS; ENDOTHELIUM; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PENIS; PHENYLEPHRINE; SAPONINS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033065912     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702623     Document Type: Article

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