Morphological and functional evidence for the contribution of the pudendal artery in aging-induced erectile dysfunction

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3373-3384

  Hannan, Johanna L ^a   Blaser, Mark C ^a   Oldfield, Lauren ^a   Pang, Judith J ^a   Adams, Stephen M ^a   Pang, Stephen C ^a   Adams, Michael A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Erectile Dysfunction; Internal Pudendal Artery; Sexual Health; Vascular Health; Vascular Remodelling

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; APOMORPHINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PENILE BLOOD VESSEL; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; SEXUAL HEALTH; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 77957366035     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01920.x     Document Type: Article

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