Ephedrine-activated physiological sexual arousal in women

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 652-656

  Meston, Cindy M ^b   Heiman, Julia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; EPHEDRINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; VAGINA;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPHEDRINE; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VAGINA; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031873213     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.7.652     Document Type: Article

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