Spinal cord injury induced arrest in estrous cycle of rats is ameliorated by s-nitrosoglutathione: Novel therapeutic agent to treat amenorrhea

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 148-158

  Shunmugavel, Anandakumar ^a   Khan, Mushfiquddin ^a   Chou, Peter C T E ^a   Singh, Inderjit ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Sexual Function and Estrous Cycle; Spinal Cord Injury

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE;

AMENORRHEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VAGINA SMEAR; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84855341453     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02526.x     Document Type: Article

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