Neuroendocrine and cardiovascular response to sexual arousal and orgasm in men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-411

  Krüger, Tillmann ^a   Exton, Michael S ^a   Pawlak, Cornelius ^a   Mühlen, Alexander Von Zur ^a   Hartmann, Uwe ^a   Schedlowski, Manfred ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Orgasm; Pituitary hormones; Sexual arousal; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CATECHOLAMINE; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NORADRENALIN; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGASM; PITUITARY HORMONES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0344972121     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00007-9     Document Type: Article

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