Effect of external anal sphincter contraction on the ischiocavernosus muscle and its suggested role in the sexual act

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-44

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,c   Shafik, Ismail ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^b   Shafik, Ali A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Corpora cavernosa; Electromyography; Erectile dysfunction; Erection; Impotence

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BULBOCAVERNOSUS MUSCLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHIOCAVERNOUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENIS;

EID: 30844457759     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05049     Document Type: Article

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