Mediation of nitric oxide from photosensitive stores in the photorelaxation of the rabbit corpus cavernosum

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 459, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 263-267

  Büyükafşar, Kansu ^a   Levent, Adnan ^a   Ün, İsmail ^a   Ark, Mustafa ^a   Arıkan, Onur ^a   Özveren, Elif ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

3 Nitro L tyrosine; Corpus cavernosum; Nitric oxide (NO); Photorelaxation; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CARBOXYPHENYL) 4,4,5,5 TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE 1 OXYL 3 OXIDE; 3 NITROTYROSINE; [1,2,4]OXADIOZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ARGININE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SCAVENGER; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PENIS; RABBITS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0037449478     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(02)02858-3     Document Type: Article

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