Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) is not an androgen-dependent neuromediator of penile erection

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-26

  Cormio, L ^a   Gesualdo, L ^b   Maiorano, E ^b   Bettocchi, C ^b   Palumbo, F ^b   Traficante, A ^a   Schena, F P ^b   Selvaggi, F P ^b  

^a DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Androgens; Prostate cancer; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPOTENCE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; ORCHIECTOMY; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PROSTATECTOMY; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 14544298319     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901266     Document Type: Article

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