Adenosine signaling: Good or bad in erectile function?

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 845-850

  Wen, Jiaming ^a,b   Xia, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adenosine signaling; erectile dysfunction; penile erection; priapism

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; MACROGOL; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME THERAPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENILE FIBROSIS; PENIS ERECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PRIAPISM; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84858640637     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.226803     Document Type: Article

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