Phenotype-specific down-regulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the pelvic ganglia of castrated rats: Implications for neurogenic erectile dysfunction

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 501, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-59

  Huang, Xue Zhu ^a   Park, Jong Taek ^b   Kim, Han Gyu ^b   Lee, Choong Ku ^b   Won, Yu Jin ^b   Park, Byong Gon ^b   Jeong, Seong Woo ^b  

^a YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Androgen; Erectile dysfunction; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Parasympathetic neurons; Pelvic ganglia

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA43ALPHA5BETA4; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GANGLION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PELVIS; PELVIS GANGLION; PENIS ERECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PELVIS; PENILE ERECTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 79961008200     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.06.053     Document Type: Article

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