Effects of ace inhibition and beta-blockade on female genital structures in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1593-1603

  Toblli, Jorge E ^a   Cao, Gabriel ^a   Casabé, Adolfo R ^b   Bechara, Amado J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ALEMÁN   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DURAND   (Argentina)

Author keywords

ACE inhibition; Beta blockers; Female sexual dysfunction; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RAMIPRIL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLITORIS; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT DURATION; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

EID: 35448939662     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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