Androgenic action of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on nerve density in the ovariectomized rat vagina

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1908-1914

  Pelletier, Georges ^a   Ouellet, Johanne ^a   Martel, Céline ^b   Labrie, Fernand ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Endoceutics Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acolbifene; DHEA; Intracrinology; Lamina Propria; Nerve Density; Postmenopause; SERM; Sexual Dysfunction; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ACOLBIFENE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; PRASTERONE; ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCT; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; LONG TERM CARE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STEREOMETRY; VAGINA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VAGINA;

EID: 84881090583     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12219     Document Type: Article

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