Topical administration of a novel nitric oxide donor, linear polyethylenimine-nitric oxide/nucleophile adduct (DS1), selectively increases vaginal blood flow in anesthetized rats

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 461-464

  Pacher, P ^a,b   Mabley, J G ^a   Liaudet, L ^a   Evgenov, O V ^a   Southan, G J ^a   Abdelkarim, G E ^a   Szabo C ^a   Salzman, A L ^a  

^a INOTEK CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DS 1; LINEAR POLYETHYLENIMINE NITRIC OXIDE NUCLEOPHILE ADDUCT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPEREMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGINA BLOOD FLOW;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VAGINA;

EID: 0347133468     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901045     Document Type: Article

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