Neuropeptides in the rat corpus cavernosum and seminal vesicle: Effects of age and two types of diabetes

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 76-80

  Morrison, J F B ^a   Dhanasekaran, S ^a   Howarth, F C ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Aging; Autonomic nervous system; Corpus Cavernosum; Diabetes; Neuropathy; Peptides; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEMINAL VESICLE; SENSORY NERVE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CATECHOLAMINES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PENIS; PREDIABETIC STATE; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINAL VESICLES; STREPTOZOCIN; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC;

EID: 60349118601     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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