Antagonism of Rho-kinase stimulates rat penile erection via a nitric oxide-independent pathway

Nature Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 119-122

  Chitaley, Kanchan ^a   Wingard, Christopher J ^b   Clinton Webb, R ^b   Branam, Heather ^b   Stopper, Vivienne S ^b   Lewis, Ronald W ^b   Mills, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PENILE ERECTION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035134310     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/83258     Document Type: Article

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