Evolution in the concept of erection anatomy

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 301-312

  Awad, Ayman ^a,b   Alsaid, Bayan ^a   Bessede, Thomas ^a,b   Droupy, Stéphane ^a,b   Benoît, Gérard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Erectile dysfunction; Erection; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PENILE BLOOD VESSEL; PENIS ERECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS;

EID: 79955695824     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-010-0707-4     Document Type: Review

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