Fibrosis of corpus cavernosum in animals following cavernous nerve ablation

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-116

  Hu, Wan Li ^a   Hu, Li Quan ^a   Song, Jian ^b   Li, Shi Wen ^a   Zheng, Xin Min ^a   Cheng, Bei ^b   Tian, Bing Chun ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavernous nerve; Collagen; Fiber; Fibrosis; Penis; Smooth muscle; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; FLUORESCENT DYE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PHALLOIDIN; RHODAMINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DENERVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOXIA; MALE; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PENILE FIBROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; TISSUE FIXATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLLAGEN; DNA PRIMERS; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FIBROSIS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PROSTATECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 2942630636     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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