Is serotonin significant for the control of penile flaccidity and detumescence in the human male?

Urological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 55-60

  Ückert, Stefan ^a,b   Fuhlenriede, Mark H ^a,b   Becker, Armin J ^a   Stief, Christian G ^a   Scheller, Friedemann ^a   Knapp, Wolfram H ^a   Forssmann, Wolf G ^b   Jonas, Udo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b IPF PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavernous blood; Human penile tissue; Penile erection; Serotonin; Systemic blood

Indexed keywords

1 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 4 (4 PHTHALIMIDOBUTYL)PIPERAZINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EROTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0038001543     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-002-0292-z     Document Type: Article

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