D-Serine modulates neurogenic relaxation in rat corpus cavernosum

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1791-1796

  Ghasemi, Mehdi ^a   Rezania, Fatemeh ^a   Lewin, Jackie ^a   Moore, Kevin P ^a   Mani, Ali R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; D Amino acid oxidase; D Serine; Non adrenergic non cholinergic (NANC) relaxation; Rat; Serine racemase

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO SERINE; DIZOCILPINE; IFENPRODIL; KETAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SERINE DERIVATIVE; SERINE RACEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PENIS; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE;

EID: 77951298353     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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