Aging and orchidectomy modulate expression of VEGF receptors (Flt-1 and Flk-1) on corpus cavernosum of the rat

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1067, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 164-172

  Neves, Delminda ^a,b,d   Santos, Janete ^a,b   Tomada, Nuno ^c   Almeida, Henrique ^a,b   Vendeira, Pedro ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Angiogenesis; Erectile dysfunction; Orchidectomy; VEGF receptors

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

AGING; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33744485274     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1354.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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