Ejaculatory dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats: The role of testosterone

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-138

  Pontes, Davi A ^a   Fernandes, Glaura S A ^a   Piffer, Renata C ^b   Gerardin, Daniela C C ^c   Pereira, Oduvaldo C M ^b   Kempinas, Wilma G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Ejaculation; Infertility; Norepinephrine; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EJACULATION; EJACULATION DISORDER; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UTERUS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 79953183702     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1734-1140(11)70407-8     Document Type: Article

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