NADPH oxidase activation: A mechanism of erectile dysfunction in a rat model of sleep apnea

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1186-1198

  Liu, Kui ^a   Liu, Xian Sheng ^a   Xiao, Li ^a   Shang, Jin ^a   Li, Ming Chao ^a   Xu, Yong Jian ^a   Liu, Hui Guo ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Intermittent hypoxia; Nitric oxide synthase; Reactive oxygen

Indexed keywords

APOCYNIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; INTRACAVERNOSAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRESSURE AND TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETOPHENONES; ANIMALS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NADPH OXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PENIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84873598336     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.112.016642     Document Type: Article

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