Sexual arousability and the menstrual cycle

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 545-558

  Slob, A Koos ^a   Bax, Cindy M ^a   Hop, Wim C J ^a   Rowland, David L ^b   Van Der Werff Ten Bosch, Jacob J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

labium minus temperature; menstrual cycle; psychophysiology; sexual arousal; vibrotactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0030209951     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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