Sildenafil augments pelvic nerve‐mediated female genital sexual arousal in the anesthetized rabbit

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 12, Issue , 2000, Pages S32-S39

  Min, K ^a   Kim, N N ^a   McAuley, I ^a   Stankowicz, M ^b   Goldstein, I ^a   Traish, A M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Female genital sexual arousal; Sildenafil; Vaginal and clitoral blood flow; Vaginal lubrication

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD FLOW; CLITORIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LUBRICATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VAGINA;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PIPERAZINES; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; VAGINA;

EID: 0034523978     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900610     Document Type: Article

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