α-melanocyte stimulating hormone and oxytocin induced penile erections, and intracavernous pressure increases in the rat

Journal of Urology

Volumn 167, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 757-760

  Mizusawa, Hiroya ^a   Hedlund, Petter ^a   Andersson, Karl Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

MSH; Nitric oxide; Penile erection; Penis; Rats; Sprague Dawley

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ATOSIBAN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL ROOT;

EID: 0036141886     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-200202000-00079     Document Type: Article

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