Investigation of cavernosal smooth muscle dysfunction in low flow priapism using an in vitro model

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-18

  Muneer, A ^a,b   Cellek, S ^b   Dogan, A ^a   Kell, P D ^a   Ralph, D J ^a   Minhas, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Erectile dysfunction; Priapism; Rabbit; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; HYPOXIA; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACIDOSIS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PENIS; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRIAPISM; RABBITS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 14544298322     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901231     Document Type: Article

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