Tag Susanne A. Quallich

The erectile mechanism is, in part, controlled by neural and endothelial nitric oxide (NO), which initiates the production of intracellular cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in the smooth muscle tissue of the corpora cavernosa. The cGMP initiates a signaling cascade that…

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is defined as the “recurrent or persistent inability of the male to attain and maintain erection of the penis to permit satisfactory sexual intercourse,” according to the 1993 National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Panel on Impotence.…