Contextual approaches to the physiology and classification of erectile function, erectile dysfunction, and sexual arousal

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 541-560

  Sachs, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Brain; Diagnostics; Erectile dysfunction; Erectile function; Hormones; Humans; Penile erection; Psychosomatic; Sexual arousal; Sexual behavior; Sexual motivation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR;

CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATICS; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034130956     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(00)00022-1     Document Type: Review

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