Endogenous hydrogen sulfide insufficiency as a predictor of sexual dysfunction in aging rats

Aging Male

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 153-158

  Srilatha, Balasubramanian ^a   Muthulakshmi, Paulpandi ^a   Adaikan, P Ganesan ^a   Moore, Philip K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aging; Erectile dysfunction; Gasotransmitter; Hydrogen sulfide; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PROPARGYLGLYCINE; SILDENAFIL; SODIUM HYDROSULFIDE HYDRATE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84864839947     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2012.668722     Document Type: Article

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