On the function of groaning and hyperventilation during sexual intercourse: Intensification of sexual experience by altering brain metabolism through hypocapnia

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 660-663

  Passie, Torsten ^a   Hartmann, Uwe ^a   Schneider, Udo ^a   Emrich, Hinderk M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; LIMBIC SYSTEM; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0037402479     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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