Effects of nitric oxide on the Ca2+-activated potassium channels in smooth muscle cells of the human corpus cavernosum

Urological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 359-365

  Lee, Sung ^a   Kang, Tong ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corporal smooth muscle; KCa channel; Nitric oxide; Penile erection

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN KINASE; SILDENAFIL;

ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATCH CLAMP; PENIS ERECTION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLSIDOMINE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PENIS; PIPERAZINES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED;

EID: 0035148755     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400100211     Document Type: Article

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