Optimizing Nitric Oxide Production by Time Dependent L-Arginine Administration in Isolated Human Corpus Cavernosum

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1543-1548

  Gur, Serap ^a   Kadowitz, Philip J ^a   Trost, Landon ^a   Hellstrom, Wayne J G ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arginine; impotence; muscle relaxation; penis; sildenafil

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; 8 (4 CHLOROPHENYLTHIO)GUANOSINE 3',5' CYCLIC MONOPHOSPHOTHIOATE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; AMINO ACID; AMINOGUANIDINE; APAMIN; ARGININE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SILDENAFIL; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGED; AMIDES; ARGININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; PYRIDINES; SULFONES;

EID: 34548440307     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.05.121     Document Type: Article

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