The effect of regular exercise on penile nitric oxide synthase expression in rats

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 623-628

  Ozbek, Emin ^a   Tasci, Ali Ihsan ^b   Ilbey, Yusuf Ozlem ^a   Simsek, Abdulmuttalip ^a   Somay, Adnan ^a   Metin, Gokhan ^c  

^a Bezm i Alem Valide Sultan Vakif Gureba Research and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Bakirkoy Research and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ageing; endothelial nitric oxide synthase; erectile dysfunction; exercise; neuronal nitric oxide synthase; rat

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE; NOS3 PROTEIN, RAT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXERCISE; GROUPS BY AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SWIMMING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; SWIMMING; TESTOSTERONE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77954406979     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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