Noncontact stimulation of the cavernous nerves in the rat prostate using a tunable-wavelength thulium fiber laser

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 409-413

  Fried, Nathaniel M ^a   Lagoda, Gwen A ^b   Scott, Nicholas J ^a   Su, Li Ming ^b   Burnett, Arthur L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THULIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; ENERGY; EXPOSURE; LASER; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PULSE RATE; RAT;

ANIMALS; LASERS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THULIUM;

EID: 41149170599     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.9996     Document Type: Article

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