Delayed testosterone replacement restores nitric oxide synthase-containing nerve fibres and the erectile response in rat penis

BJU International

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 953-958

  Baba, K ^a   Yajima, M ^b   Carrier, S ^b   Morgan, D M ^b   Nunes, L ^b   Lue, T F ^b   Iwamoto, T ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Nitric oxide; Rat; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PAPAVERINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; CASTRATION; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0034097064     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2000.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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