Analysis of NOS isoform changes in a post radical prostatectomy model of erectile dysfunction

International Journal of Impotence Research

Volumn 13, Issue , 2001, Pages S1-S15

  Podlasek, C A ^a   Gonzalez, C M ^a   Zelner, D J ^a   Jiang, Hong Bin ^a   McKenna, K E ^a   McVary, K T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous nerve injury; NOS; Penis; Rat; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENERVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPOTENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNERVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATECTOMY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DENERVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPOTENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84984772469     PISSN: 09559930     EISSN: 14765489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3900772     Document Type: Article

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