Cardiovascular and endocrine alterations after masturbation-induced orgasm in women

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 280-291

  Exton, Michael S ^a   Bindert, Anne ^b   Krüger, Tillmann ^b   Scheller, Friedmann ^b   Hartmann, Uwe ^b   Schedlowski, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular measures; Catecholamines; Masturbation; Orgasm; Prolactin; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASTURBATION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PULSE PRESSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL;

EID: 0033045804     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199905000-00005     Document Type: Article

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