Peripheral Mechanisms of Erectile Dysfunction in a Rat Model of Chronic Cocaine Use

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 555-564

  Kendirci, Muammer ^a   Pradhan, Leena ^a   Trost, Landon ^a   Gur, Serap ^a   Chandra, Surabhi ^a   Agrawal, Krishna C ^a   Hellstrom, Wayne J G ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Corpus cavernosum; Endothelial dysfunction; Endothelin; Endothelium; Erectile dysfunction; Myeloperoxidase; Nitric oxide; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVALUATION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STUDENT T TEST;

ANIMALS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELINS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXIDASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34250694193     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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