Love as sensory stimulation: Physiological consequences of its deprivation and expression

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 927-944

  R Komisaruk, Barry ^a   Whipple, Beverly ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Love; Orgasm; Oxytocin; Pleasure; Psychosomatic illness; Sexual response; Spinal cord; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; LOVE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RAT; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD; VAGUS NERVE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; ORGASM; SENSATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032465713     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00062-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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