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G Wagner1, T Gerstenberg, R J Levin.
Abstract
We investigated 7 normal men and 1 diabetic patient with erectile dysfunction. Electromyography electrodes were placed in the corpus cavernosum of the penis and electrical activity was recorded during flaccidity. With sexual arousal the activity decreased and tumescence was initiated. During tumescence and full erection the electrical activity of the corpus cavernosum almost ceased but in the diabetic patient (neurogenic impotence) an increase was observed. This discoordination might be the cause of the erectile dysfunction. Recording the electrical activity of the corpus cavernosum in patients with suspected neurogenic erectile dysfunction could become clinically valuable, since this is the first test possible to study the function of the autonomic motor system that normally regulates penile function.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2769848 DOI： 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38867-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Urol ISSN： 0022-5347 Impact factor: 7.450