Effects of hydrogen sulfide on erectile function and its possible mechanism(s) of action

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1853-1864

  Liaw, Roeswita Leono ^a   Srilatha, Balasubramanian ^a   Adaikan, P Ganesan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Erectile function; Gasotransmitter; Hydrogen sulfide; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ACS 6; ADRENALIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; N (2 PHENYLCYCLOPENTYL)AZACYCLOTRIDECAN 2 IMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PINACIDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; PROPARGYLGLYCINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SILDENAFIL; SUPEROXIDE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEDLINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 79960456030     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02279.x     Document Type: Article

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