The neurobiological approach to premature ejaculation

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2359-2367

  Waldinger, Marcel D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Penis; Serotonin; Serotonin uptake inhibitors; Sex disorders

Indexed keywords

2 DIBUTYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 2,5 DIMETHOXY 4 IODOPHENYL 2 AMINOPROPANE; 2,5 DIMETHOXY 4 METHYLAMPHETAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; PAROXETINE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SEROTONIN 2A AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN FUNCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MEDLINE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036893805     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64146-8     Document Type: Review

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