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Role of the nitric oxide pathway and the endocannabinoid system in neurogenic relaxation of corpus cavernosum from biliary cirrhotic rats

Mehdi Ghasemi, Hamid Reza Sadeghipour, Hamed Shafaroodi, Behtash Ghazi Nezami, Taha Gholipour, Amir Reza Hajrasouliha, Sina Tavakoli, Maliheh Nobakht, Kevin P. Moore, Ali R. Mani,

British Journal of Pharmacology · 2007 · 25 citations · 64 references

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Abstract

Cirrhosis potentiates the neurogenic relaxation of rat corpus cavernosum probably via the NO pathway and involving cannabinoid CB(1) and vanilloid VR(1) receptors.

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