Psychophysiological and subjective sexual arousal to visual sexual stimuli in new women

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-244

  Brotto, Lori A ^a,b   Gehring, Darlynne ^a   Klein, Carolin ^a   Gorzalka, Boris B ^a   Thomson, Sydney ^a   Knudson, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics/Gynaecology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender identity disorder; Male to female transsexual; Sex reassignment surgery; Sexual arousal; Vaginal photoplethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AWARENESS; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROTISM; FEMALE; FILM; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MUSCLE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PELVIS; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VAGINA; VISUAL STIMULATION; AGED; FOLLOW UP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM; VAGINA;

EID: 33645756857     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610400023171     Document Type: Article

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