European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 211-217 , April 2010

The effect of chronic antipsychotic drug administration on nitric oxide synthase activity and gene expression in rat penile tissues

  • Xiang Rong Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, School of Clinical Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen's University Belfast, UK
    • ,
  • Zhi Jun Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, School of Clinical Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Department of Neurology, affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, No.87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, 210009, PR China. Tel.: +86 25 83272023; fax: +86 25 83285132.
    • ,
  • Trisha A. Jenkins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen's University Belfast, UK
    • ,
  • Wei Rong Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing, China
    • ,
  • Gavin P. Reynolds

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen's University Belfast, UK

Received 14 June 2009 ,Revised 2 September 2009 ,Accepted 4 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2009.10.002

European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 211-217 , April 2010

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