Secondhand tobacco smoke impairs neurogenic and endothelium-dependent relaxation of rabbit corpus cavernosum smooth muscle: Improvement with chronic oral administration of L-arginine

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 437-444

  Gocmez S S ^a   Utkan, T ^a   Duman, C ^a   Yildiz, F ^a   Ulak, G ^a   Gacar, M N ^a   Erden, F ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; L arginine; Rabbit; Relaxation; Smoke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PAPAVERINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM; IMPOTENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NICOTINE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PHENYLEPHRINE; RABBITS; SMOKE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 30744448181     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901341     Document Type: Article

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