Immunophilin Ligands Promote Penile Neurogenesis and Erection Recovery After Cavernous Nerve Injury
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 171 (1) , 495-500
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000089775.88825.ec
Abstract
Purpose: We investigated the long-term effect of immunophilin ligands on erection physiology and cavernous tissue histology using rat models of unilateral and bilateral cavernous nerve (CN)...Keywords
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