Estradiol ameliorates diabetes-induced changes in vaginal structure of db/db mouse model

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2467-2479

  Cushman, Tulay T ^a   Kim, Noel ^a   Hoyt, Richard ^a   Traish, Abdulmaged ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Elastic Fibers; Estradiol; Estrogens; Female Sexual Function; Nerve Fibers; nNOS; Structural Integrity; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; ESTROGEN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; EPITHELIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METESTRUS; MOUSE; NITRERGIC NERVE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; THICKNESS; VAGINA DISEASE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; INNERVATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VAGINA;

EID: 63649152588     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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