Rat as an animal model for male erectile function evaluation in sexual medicine research

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1278-1283

  Mehta, Neal ^a,b   Sikka, Suresh ^c   Rajasekaran, Mahadevan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Rat Model; Sexual Medicine Research

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EX VIVO STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TISSUE PRESSURE;

EID: 44949173063     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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