Restraint stress impairs erectile responses in rats

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-242

  Bal, Ersin ^a   Murat, Nergis ^b   Demir, Omer ^b   Soner, Burak Cem ^b   Can, Ertan ^a   Gidener, Sedef ^b   Esen, Adil ^b  

^a Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; In vivo; Intracavernosal pressure; Rat; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66149090352     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.217.239     Document Type: Article

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