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Nitric Oxide and Impotence After
Prostate Cancer Treatment


Nitric oxide is a compound that is a neurotransmitter for the NANC neuron. Nitric oxide is essential in transmitting signals along the NANC neuron and beginning the chemical process that causes erection. Damage to the NANC neuron during prostate cancer treatment could result in impotence.

 
 
 

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