An in vitro study of corpus cavernosum and aorta from mice lacking the inducible nitric oxide synthase gene

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 194-200

  Nangle, Matthew R ^a   Cotter, Mary A ^a   Cameron, Norman E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Corpus cavernosum; Endothelium; INOS; Nitric oxide; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CYTOKINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE FUNCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONADRENERGIC NONCHOLINERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FLURBIPROFEN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITROPRUSSIDE; PENIS; PHENYLEPHRINE;

EID: 1542381051     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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