Gas what: NO is not the only answer to sexual function

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1434-1454

  Yetik Anacak, G ^a   Sorrentino, R ^b   Linder, A E ^c   Murat, N ^d  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CO; erectile dysfunction; erectile function; gasotransmitters; H2S; NO; sGC cGMP

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GASOTRANSMITTER; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; CELL RECEPTOR; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SOLUBLE GUANYLYL CYCLASE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEACETYLATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DESIGN; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MALE; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NITRIC OXIDE; PENILE ERECTION; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84923698859     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12700     Document Type: Review

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