Transient Rise of Serum Testosterone Level after Single Sildenafil Treatment of Adult Male Rats

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2534-2543

  Janjic, Marija M ^a   Stojkov, Natasa J ^a   Bjelic, Maja M ^a   Mihajlovic, Aleksandar I ^a   Andric, Silvana A ^a   Kostic, Tatjana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

CGMP; Leydig Cell; PDE5 Inhibitors; PRKG1; Sildenafil Citrate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE G1; SILDENAFIL; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84867403510     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02674.x     Document Type: Article

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