Corpus Cavernosum Smooth Muscle Physiology: A Role for Sex Hormones?

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Disanto, Michael E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; NITRIC OXIDE; RHO FACTOR; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0242710001     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb02742.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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