The effects of yohimbine plus L-arginine glutamate on sexual arousal in postmenopausal women with sexual arousal disorder

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 323-332

  Meston, Cindy M ^a   Worcel, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NitroMed Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Female sexual arousal; L arginine; Nitric oxide; Photoplethysmography; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ARGININE; DYNAMISAN; HOUDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; YOHIMBINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EROTISM; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; VAGINA;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARGININE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VAGINA; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0036674514     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016220225392     Document Type: Article

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