Activated RhoA/Rho kinase impairs erectile function after cavernous nerve injury in rats

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2197-2204

  Gratzke, Christian ^a   Strong, Travis D ^b   Gebska, Milena A ^c   Champion, Hunter C ^d   Stief, Christian G ^a   Burnett, Arthur L ^b   Bivalacqua, Trinity J ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Impotence; Penis; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Rho associated kinases

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS NERVE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PENIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES;

EID: 77957839955     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.06.094     Document Type: Article

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