Insulin-like growth factor-1 restores erectile function in aged rats: Modulation the integrity of smooth muscle and nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate signaling activity

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1345-1354

  Pu, Xiao Yong ^a   Wang, Xing Huan ^a   Gao, Wai Chen ^a   Yang, Zhong Hua ^a   Li, Shi Lin ^a   Wang, Huai Peng ^a   Wu, Yi Long ^a  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Erectile Dysfunction; Gene Therapy; IGF 1

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 44949145372     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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