The neurobiology of psychogenic erectile dysfunction in the spinal cord

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 519-526

  Sakamoto, Hirotaka ^a,b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Erection; Gastrin releasing peptide; Lumbar spinal cord; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; CASTRATION; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC IMPOTENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; STRESS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BOMBESIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EJACULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; SPINAL CORD; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649415161     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.010041     Document Type: Review

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