Sialorphin (the mature peptide product of Vcsa1) relaxes corporal smooth muscle tissue and increases erectile function in the ageing rat

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 431-435

  Davies, Kelvin P ^a   Tar, Moses ^a   Rougeot, Catherine ^b   Melman, Arnold ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Erectile dysfunction; Sialorphin; Vcsa1

Indexed keywords

NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TYPE C; PENTAPEPTIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SIALORPHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PENILE ERECTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALIVARY PROTEINS;

EID: 33846222457     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06577.x     Document Type: Article

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