Is there an inhibitory role of cortisol in the mechanism of male sexual arousal and penile erection?

Urological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 402-406

  Ückert, Stefan ^a   Fuhlenriede, Mark H ^a   Becker, Armin J ^a   Stief, Christian G ^a   Scheller, Friedemann ^a   Knapp, Wolfram H ^a   Jonas, Udo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavernous blood; Corticosteroids; Cortisol; Human male sexual response; Systemic blood

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ENDOTHELIN 1; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PENILE BLOOD VESSEL; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ENDOTHELIN-1; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PREDNISOLONE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0348108080     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-003-0359-5     Document Type: Article

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