Correlation between nNOS expression and erectile dysfunction in experimental diabetes mellitus rats of different ages

Neuroembryology and Aging

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 144-150

  Hu, Jin Jia ^a   Gu, Hong Yu ^a   Ding, Wen Long ^a   Yuan, Shu Juan ^a   Zhong, Mei Fang ^a   Liu, Li ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum relaxation; Diabetes mellitus; Erectile dysfunction; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77949395109     PISSN: 16613406     EISSN: 16613414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000214864     Document Type: Article

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