Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: We studied the cavernous smooth muscle of eight dogs in the flaccid State, during erection induced by cavernous nerve Stimulation or papaverine injection, and during sympathetic Stimulation or after epinephrine administration.Histologie staining and electronic microscopy demonstrated cavernous smooth muscle relaxation during erection.The characteristic smooth muscle contraction in the flaccid State was enhanced by sympathetic Stimulation or intraeavernous epinephrine injection.Cavernous smooth muscle relaxation is a major factor in the erectile process.
Authors: Stief, Christian Georg, Bosch, Ruud J. L. H., Diederichs, W., Bénard, Francois, Padula, C., Goldsmith, P. C., Lue, Tom F., Tanagho, Emil A.
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
OpenAlex ID: W1648473422