Alfuzosin attenuates erectile dysfunction in rats with partial bladder outlet obstruction

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1651-1657

  Gur, Serap ^a   Sikka, Suresh C ^a   Chandra, Surabhi ^a   Koka, Padma Sandeep ^a   Agrawal, Krishna C ^a   Kadowitz, Philip J ^a   Hellstrom, Wayne J G ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfuzosin; Erectile function; Nitric oxide synthase; Partial bladder outlet obstruction; Rat model

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALFUZOSIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; QUINAZOLINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 56649114650     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07914.x     Document Type: Article

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