Inhibition of sympathetic neuroeffector transmission in human corpus cavernosum

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 856-862

  Gur, Serap ^a,c   Kadowitz, Philip J ^a   Sikka, Suresh C ^a   Bivalacqua, Trinity J ^b   Hellstrom, Wayne J G ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

adrenergic neurotransmission; fasudil; human corpus cavernosum; nitric oxide; ROCK pathway; sildenafil

Indexed keywords

2 [1 (2 FLUOROBENZYL) 1H PYRAZOLO[3,4 B]PYRIDIN 3 YL] 5 MORPHOLINO 4,6 PYRIMIDINEDIAMINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; FASUDIL; ISRADIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENTOLAMINE; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURAL INHIBITION; PENIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84865526823     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10822.x     Document Type: Article

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