Erectile physiological and pathophysiological pathways involved in erectile dysfunction

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 2 II, 2003, Pages

  Andersson, Karl Erik ^a   Nehra, Ajay ^b   Lue, Tom ^b   Burnett, Arthur ^b   Goldstein, Irwin ^b   Morales, Alvaro ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Impotence; Penile erection; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; RHO KINASE; RHOA KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SMOKING HABIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; SPINAL REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIN-1; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PENILE ERECTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0037810808     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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