Sympathetic nervous system activity and female sexual arousal

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 30-34

  Meston, Cindy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; EPHEDRINE; GUANETHIDINE; NAPHAZOLINE; PLACEBO;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034691688     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00889-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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