A new experimental rat model of erectile dysfunction and lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia: The testosterone-supplemented spontaneously hypertensive rat

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1352-1358

  Oudot, Alexandra ^a,b   Oger, Stéphanie ^a,b   Behr Roussel, Delphine ^a,b   Caisey, Stéphanie ^a,b   Bernabé, Jacques ^a,b   Alexandre, Laurent ^a,b   Giuliano, François ^a,c  

^a Pelvipharm   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

benign prostatic hyperplasia; bladder function; erectile dysfunction; experimental; lower urinary tract symptoms; prostate

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA CONTENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYPERTENSION; INTERCONTRACTION INTERVAL; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICTURITION; NON VOIDING CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE WEIGHT; RAT; URINE VOLUME; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VOIDED VOLUME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; PRESSURE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84867745601     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11085.x     Document Type: Article

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