Expression of oxytocin receptor in diabetic rat penis

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 716-720

  Li, M ^a   Wang, T ^a   Guo, S ^a   Rao, K ^a   Liu, J ^a   Ye, Z ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Oxytocin receptor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACAVERNOUS PRESSURE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DNA PRIMERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RATS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN;

EID: 84860308162     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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