Effects of intracavernous administration of adrenomedullin on erectile function in rats

Peptides

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1913-1918

  Nishimatsu, Hiroaki ^a   Hirata, Yasunobu ^a   Hayakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nagata, Daisuke ^a   Satonaka, Hiroshi ^a   Suzuki, Etsu ^a   Horie, Shigeo ^a   Takeuchi, Takumi ^a   Ohta, Nobutaka ^a   Homma, Yukio ^a   Minowada, Shigeru ^a   Nagai, Ryozo ^a   Kawabe, Kazuki ^a   Kitamura, Tadaichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Erectile dysfunction; Nitric oxide; Vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

1 [6 CHLORO 4 (3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYBENZYLAMINO) 2 QUINAZOLINYL] 4 PIPERIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; ADRENOMEDULLIN; N(G) NITROARGININE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CANNULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VASODILATATION;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENILE ERECTION; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERIDINES; QUINAZOLINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 18244368213     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(01)00521-6     Document Type: Article

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