Role of a novel tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel in the nitrergic relaxation of corpus cavernosum from the south american rattlesnake crotalus durissus terrificus

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1616-1625

  Capel, Rodrigo O ^a   Mónica, Fabíola Z ^a   Porto, Marcovan ^b   Barillas, Samuel ^a   Muscará, Marcelo Nicolás ^c   Teixeira, Simone Aparecida ^c   Arruda, André Moreira Martins ^a   Pissinatti, Lorenzo ^a   Pissinatti, Alcides ^d   Schenka, André A ^a   Antunes, Edson ^a   Nahoum, César ^a   Cogo, José Carlos ^e   de Oliveira, Marco Antonio ^e   De Nucci, Gilberto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b University Center IBMR   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade ICMBio   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CGMP; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Phosphodiesterase Type V; Snake Corpus Cavernosum; TTX Resistant Sodium Channels

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 4 AMINO 5 CYCLOPROPYL 2 [1 (2 FLUOROBENZYL) 1H PYRAZOLO[3,4 B]PYRIDIN 3 YL]PYRIMIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA ACTIN; CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V; SNAKE VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; TADALAFIL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COITUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DISSECTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SOLUBILITY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79957909365     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02246.x     Document Type: Article

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