The mechanism of vacuum constriction devices in penile erection: The NO/cGMP signaling pathway?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 422-424

  Li, Enchun ^a   Hou, Jianquan ^a   Li, Dawen ^b   Wang, Yunyan ^a   He, Jun ^a   Zhang, Jianglei ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PENIS ERECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; VACUUM; VACUUM CONSTRICTION DEVICE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

CYCLIC GMP; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PENILE ERECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VACUUM;

RATTUS;

EID: 77957020737     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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