Pharmacological properties of endothelin-1 in the rabbit corpus cavernosum

In Vivo

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-246

  Mumtaz, Faiz H ^a,b   Lau, David H W ^a,b   Siddiqui, Emad J ^a,b   Thompson, Cecil S ^a   Morgan, Robert J ^a   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^a,c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHASE FARM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosal smooth muscle; Endothelin 1; ETA receptor; ETB receptor; Phenylephrine; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

EID: 33645766791     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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