Possible role for the novel gasotransmitter hydrogen sulphide in erectile dysfunction - A pilot study

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 535, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 280-282

  Srilatha, Balasubramanian ^a   Adaikan, P Ganesan ^a   Moore, Philip K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

(Rat); Corpus cavernosum; Erectile dysfunction; Hydrogen sulphide; Intracavernous pressure; Primate

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PROPARGYLGLYCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFECT; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALKYNES; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLYCINE; HAPLORHINI; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IMPOTENCE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PAPIO; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645408052     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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