Browsing by Author "Yildirim, MK"
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Effect of hypothyroidism on the nitrergic relaxant responses of corpus cavernosal smooth muscle in rabbits
Sarac, B; Yildirim, MK; Bagcivan, I; Kaya, K; Kilicarslan, H; Yildirim, S (WILEY, 2006)Background: The incidence of hormonal dysfunction as a cause of impotence remains controversial. However, several recent studies have reported evidence of hormonal abnormalities in 25-35% of impotent men. Hypothyroidism ... -
Effects of castration on adrenergic, cholinergic and nonadrenergic, noncholinergic responses of isolated corpus cavernosum from rabbit
Yildirim, MK; Yildirim, S; Utkan, T; Sarioglu, Y; Yalman, Y (BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD, 1997)Objective To investigate the effects of castration and testosterone on the constricting effect of phenylephrine and endothelium-dependent and -independent relaxing effects of different agonists in the corpus cavernosum of ... -
Effects of the specific phosphodiesterase inhibitors on alloxan-induced diabetic rabbit cavernous tissue in vitro
Utkan, T; Yildirim, MK; Yildirim, S; Sarioglu, Y (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2001)An experimental study was done to examine a potential role of phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors in the treatment of diabetic erectile dysfunction, Relaxant effect of specific PDE inhibitors were measured in strips of ... -
Evidence of relaxant effect of omeprazole in rabbit corpus cavernosum in vitro
Sarioglu, Y; Yildirim, S; Utkan, T; Yildirim, MK; Uma, S (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2000)The present experiments were designed to investigate the effects of omeprazole, a H+-K+ ATPase inhibitor, on corporal smooth muscle tone in vitro. All spontaneous contractile activity in the corpus cavernosum was blocked ... -
Vascular smooth muscle reactivity and endothelium derived relaxing factor in experimental obstructive jaundice
Utkan, T; Sarioglu, Y; Utkan, NZ; Gonullu, NN; Yildirim, MK (SWETS ZEITLINGER PUBLISHERS, 1996)Obstructive jaundice is associated with a predisposition to systemic hypotension and acute renal failure. Altered vascular reactivity may contribute to the development of hypotension. In this experimental study on dogs, ... -
Vasorelaxant effect of opioid analgesics on the isolated human radial artery
Gursoy, S; Bagcivan, I; Yildirim, MK; Berkan, O; Kaya, T (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2006)Background and objective: Arterial grafts are prone to vasospasm. Opiold analgesics are commonly used in the perioperative course of cardiac surgical procedures. Therefore, we investigated the direct effects of morphine, ...