Effects of nitric oxide stimulation on the brain

Drugs of Today

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 83-92

  Sato, Yoshikazu ^a,b   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034061128     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.2000.36.2-3.568781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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