Role of penile electrodermal activity in the evaluation of autonomic innervation of corpus cavernosum

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 535-539

  Soylu, A ^a   Yilmaz, U ^a   Ozcan, C ^a   Sarier, M ^a   Baydinc, C ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Electrodermal activity; Penis; Surface recording

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PENIS; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENILE PROSTHESIS; PENIS; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 10844282708     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901254     Document Type: Article

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