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Decreased penile erection in DOCA-salt and stroke prone-spontaneously hypertensive rats.
International journal of impotence research - 1 Dec 2001
Chitaley K, Webb R C, Dorrance A M, Mills T M
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Numerous etiological studies have established a positive clinical association between hypertension and erectile dysfunction. However, to date, the mechanism underlying this dysfunction remains to be established. In this study, we demonstrate the presence of erectile dysfunction in two rat models of hypertension, and hypothesize that increased vasoconstrictor signaling via Rho-kinase contributes to the decreased...
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