Effects of chronic stress on penile corpus cavernosum of rats

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 735-739

  De Souza, Diogo B ^a   Silva, Dilson ^a   Cortez, Celia M ^a   Costa, Waldemar S ^a   Sampaio, Francisco J B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Androgen; Erectile dysfunction; Extracellular matrix; Morphology; Penis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STUDENT T TEST; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; MALE; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PENIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84866403478     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.014225     Document Type: Article

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