Sexual response in women with spinal cord injury: Neurologic pathways and recommendations for the use of electrical stimulation

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 155-158

  Sipski, Marca L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Sexuality; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMATOME; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORGASM; PSYCHOGENESIS; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL REFLEX; VAGINA; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GENITAL SYSTEM; INNERVATION; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0035461114     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2001.11753574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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