Penile erection induced in vivo by a purified toxin from the Brazilian spider Phoneutria nigriventer

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 835-837

  Andrade, Enrico ^a   Villanova, Fabiola ^a   Borra, Priscila ^a   Leite, Katia ^a   Troncone, Lanfranco ^b   Cortez, Italo ^a   Messina, Leonardo ^a   Paranhos, Mario ^a   Claro, Joaquim ^a   Srougi, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Penile erection; Phoneutria nigriventer; Poison; Sexual dysfunction; Spider

Indexed keywords

ERETINA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INJECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION SENSATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPIDER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; SPIDER VENOMS;

EID: 50949130292     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07762.x     Document Type: Article

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