Sexual responsiveness in women with spinal cord injuries: Differential effects of anxiety-eliciting stimulation

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-302

  Sipski, Marca L ^a,b,c   Rosen, Raymond C ^d   Alexander, Craig J ^a,c   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Robert Wood Johnson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Females; Neurogenic sexual dysfunction; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; SENSORY EVALUATION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; VAGINA; VERTEBRA; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGASM; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 3342967670     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ASEB.0000026629.33441.cf     Document Type: Article

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