Exercise training improves the defective centrally mediated erectile responses in rats with type I diabetes

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3086-3097

  Zheng, Hong ^a   Mayhan, William G ^a   Patel, Kaushik P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central mechanisms of penile erection; Central nervous system; Exercise training; Type I diabetes

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 80255136300     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02442.x     Document Type: Article

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