Erectile Dysfunction Precedes Coronary Artery Endothelial Dysfunction in Rats Fed a High-Fat, High-Sucrose, Western Pattern Diet

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 694-703

  La Favor, Justin D ^a   Anderson, Ethan J ^a,b   Hickner, Robert C ^a,b   Wingard, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary Endothelial Function; Erectile Function; High Fat High Sucrose Diet; NOS Uncoupling; Sepiapterin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; SEPIAPTERIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIPID DIET; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 84874722338     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12001     Document Type: Article

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