Temporal relationship between nocturnal erections and rapid eye movement episodes in healthy men

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-114

  Mann, Klaus ^a   Pankok, Justus ^a   Connemann, Bernhard ^a   Röschke, Joachim ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erections, central control; Nocturnal erections; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0037262739     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070019     Document Type: Article

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