Initial characterization of hydrogen sulfide effects in female sexual function

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1875-1884

  Srilatha, Balasubramanian ^a   Hu, Lingxu ^a   Adaikan, Ganesan P ^a   Moore, Philip K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clitoral corpus cavernosum; Female sexual disorders; Gasotransmitter; Hydrogen sulfide; Rabbit; Vaginal smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; N (2 PHENYLCYCLOPENTYL)AZACYCLOTRIDECAN 2 IMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SILDENAFIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM HYDROSULFIDE; TETRYLAMMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RABBIT; SEXOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD; CLITORIS; DRUG EFFECTS; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STATISTICS; TIME; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CLITORIS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PILOT PROJECTS; RABBITS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 67649871265     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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