Effect of sildenafil citrate on penile weight and physiology of cavernous smooth muscle in a postradical prostatectomy model of erectile dysfunction in rats

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Zden, Ender ^a,d   Ztürk, Bülent ^b   Koan, Murat ^b   Tezel, Gaye Güler ^a   Aki, Fazil Tuncay ^a   Gür, Serap ^c   Ergen, Ali ^a   Zen, Haluk ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; SILDENAFIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE INJURY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PENILE WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PROSTATECTOMY; PURINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFONES;

EID: 79952360818     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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