An in vivo rat model to investigate female vaginal arousal response

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1357-1361

  Kim, Soo Woong ^b   Jeong, Seong Joo ^b   Munarriz, Ricardo ^b   Kim, Noel N ^b   Goldstein, Irwin ^b   Traish, Abdulmaged M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Genitalia, female; NG nitroarginine methylester; Nitric oxide; Rats, Sprague Dawley; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; SILDENAFIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; VAGINA; VAGINA BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 1542327742     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000109868.19569.d7     Document Type: Article

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