Sympathetic pathways and adrenergic innervation of the penis

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 12, Issue , 2000, Pages S5-S12

  Andersson, Karl Erik ^a   Hedlund, P ^a   Alm, P ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha adrenoceptors; Noradrenaline; Penile detumescence; Penile erection; Sympathetic nerves

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; INNERVATION; MALE; MESENTERY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PELVIC NERVE; PENIS; PENIS ARTERY; PENIS ERECTION; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPINAL CORD; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PENIS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0034057455     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900513     Document Type: Article

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