The role of oxytocin in relation to female sexual arousal

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-126

  Blaicher, Wibke ^a   Gruber, Doris ^a   Bieglmayer, Christian ^a   Blaicher, Alex M ^a   Knogler, Wolfgang ^a   Huber, Johannes C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Human; Oxytocin; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

NEUROHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; ORGASM; OXYTOCIN; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033067741     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010075     Document Type: Article

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