Schwann cell-mediated delivery of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor restores erectile function after cavernous nerve injury

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-348

  May, Florian ^a   Buchner, Alexander ^a   Schlenker, Boris ^a   Gratzke, Christian ^a   Arndt, Christian ^a   Stief, Christian ^a   Weidner, Norbert ^b   Matiasek, Kaspar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erection; Glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor; Nerve grafts; Nerve regeneration; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS NERVE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INTRACAVERNOUS PRESSURE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REOPERATION; SCHWANN CELL; SILASTIC TUBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELLS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874510422     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iju.12078     Document Type: Article

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