COMPARISON BETWEEN PLASMA-CONCENTRATIONS OF TESTOSTERONE, NITRIC-OXIDE AND ENDOTHELIN-1-2 IN PENILE AND BRACHIAL VENOUS-BLOOD - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS IN MEN WITH PSYCHOGENIC IMPOTENCE

Authors
ROSSI P FABRIS FM FIORINI I PALEGO P SIMI S ROSSI B SARTESCHI LM CARPI A
Citation
P. Rossi et al., COMPARISON BETWEEN PLASMA-CONCENTRATIONS OF TESTOSTERONE, NITRIC-OXIDE AND ENDOTHELIN-1-2 IN PENILE AND BRACHIAL VENOUS-BLOOD - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS IN MEN WITH PSYCHOGENIC IMPOTENCE, Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 52(7-8), 1998, pp. 308-310
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy","Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
07533322
Volume
52
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
308 - 310
Database
ISI
SICI code
0753-3322(1998)52:7-8<308:CBPOTN>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
In the present study venous plasma concentrations of testosterone (T), nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin 1-2 (ET1-2) in the flaccid penis and brachial blood were measured in men with psychogenic impotence. T and NO were significantly lower in the penile venous blood, while ET1-2 s howed no statistical difference. These data support the hypothesis of testosterone dependence of penile nitric oxide synthesis (NOS). (C) 19 98 Elsevier, Paris.