Nitric oxide-dependent penile erection in mice lacking neuronal nitric oxide synthase

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 288-296

  Burnett, Arthur L ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^b   Calvin, David C ^a   Liu, Jian Xiang ^a   Demas, Gregory E ^b   Klein, Sabra L ^b   Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^b   Dawson, Valina L ^b,c   Dawson, Ted M ^c   Snyder, Solomon H ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENIS ARTERY; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 9444295328     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401627     Document Type: Article

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