Neural influences on sonic hedgehog and apoptosis in the rat penis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 947-956

  Bond, Christopher ^a   Tang, Yi ^b   Podlasek, Carol A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cavernous nerve; Erectile dysfunction; Male sexual function; Penis

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; LIDOCAINE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS NERVE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GANGLION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; PELVIS GANGLION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; COLCHICINE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

ERINACEIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 43249106014     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.064766     Document Type: Article

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