Exposure of juvenile rats to the phytoestrogen daidzein impairs erectile function in a dose-related manner in adulthood

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-62

  Pan, Lianjun ^a   Xia, Xinyi ^a   Feng, Yao ^a   Jiang, Chunxia ^a   Cui, Yingxia ^a   Huang, Yufeng ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Animal model; Apomorphine induced erections; Estrogens; Isoflavones; Penis

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; DAIDZEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHYTOESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; ISOFLAVONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PHYTOESTROGENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 38049129380     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.003392     Document Type: Article

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