Erectile Function Is Improved in Aged Rats by PnTx2-6, a Toxin from Phoneutria nigriventer Spider Venom

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2574-2581

  Nunes, Kenia P ^a   Toque, Haroldo A ^a   Borges, Marcia H ^b   Richardson, Michael ^b   Webb, R Clinton ^a   de Lima, Maria Elena ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Ezequiel Dias Foundation   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Cavernosal Smooth Muscle; Nitric Oxide; PnTx2 6 Toxin

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; CYCLIC GMP; NATURAL PRODUCT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER TOXIN 2-6; SILDENAFIL; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GANGLION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPIDER;

EID: 84867401327     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02878.x     Document Type: Article

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