Effects of nucleotides adenosine monophosphate and adenosine triphosphate in combination with L-arginine on male rabbit corpus cavernosum tissue

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 860-866

  Hupertan, V ^a   Neuzillet, Y ^b,c   Stucker O ^d   Pons, C ^d   Leammel, E ^e   Lebret, T ^b,c  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

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

^d CEROM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Corpus cavernosum; Erection; L arginine; Nitric oxide; Purines

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PENIS; RABBITS;

EID: 84869887036     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01290.x     Document Type: Article

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