Involvement of l-arginine/nitric oxide pathway at the paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus in central neural regulation of penile erection in the rat

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 139-145

  Chen, Kuang Kuo ^a   Chang, L S ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intracavernous pressure; L arginine; Nitric oxide; Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus; Penile erection; Rat

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PENTOBARBITAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMAL; ARGININE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

EID: 0036019869     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900825     Document Type: Article

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