Testosterone regulates erectile function and Vcsa1 expression in the corpora of rats

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 67-73

  Chua, Rowena G ^a   Calenda, Giulia ^a   Zhang, Xinhua ^a   Siragusa, Joseph ^a   Tong, Yuehong ^a   Tar, Moses ^a   Aydin, Memduh ^a   DiSanto, Michael E ^a   Melman, Arnold ^a   Davies, Kelvin P ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpora; Erectile function; Submandibular gland; Testosterone; Vcsa1

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; SIALORPHIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VCSA1 GENE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ORCHIECTOMY; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 62949084225     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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