The nonadrenergic noncholinergic-mediated relaxation of corpus cavernosum was impaired in chronic lithium-treated rats: Improvement with l-arginine

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 586, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 300-305

  Sadeghipour, Hamed ^a   Dehghani, Mehdi ^a   Ghasemi, Mehdi ^a   Riazi, Kiarash ^a   Asadi, Shahrzad ^a   Ebrahimi, Farzad ^a,b   Honar, Hooman ^a   Hajrasouliha, Amir Reza ^a,b   Tavakoli, Sina ^a,b   Sianati, Setareh ^a   Dehpour, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Erectile dysfunction; l arginine; Lithium; Nitric oxide NO ; Nonadrenergic noncholinergic NANC relaxation

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; LITHIUM; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM RELAXATION IMPAIRMENT; CORPUS CAVERNOSUS RELAXATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDOMETHACIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PENIS; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 43549117467     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.02.054     Document Type: Article

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