Long-term changes in sympathetic innervation in the corpus cavernosum of the STZ-diabetic rat

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 509-516

  Morrison, J F B ^a   Sheen, R ^a   Dhanasekaran, S ^a   Mensah Brown, E P K ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Erectile dysfunction; Noradrenaline release; Penile nerves

Indexed keywords

STREPTOZOCIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE; PENIS GLANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

AMINES; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; PENIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; URETHRA;

EID: 34548440808     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901564     Document Type: Article

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