Vasoconstrictors in erectile physiology

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages S29-S34

  Mills, T M ^a   Chitaley, K ^b   Lewis, R W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

A adrenergic agonist; Endothelin 1; Nitric oxide; Penile erection; Rho kinase; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ENDOTHELIN 1; METHOXAMINE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RHO KINASE; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIN-1; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; METHOXAMINE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PENILE ERECTION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0035670429     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900774     Document Type: Article

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