Neurobiology of sexual response in men and women

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2006, Pages 6-12

  Rowland, David L ^a,b  

^a VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE HORMONE; STEROID;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; ORGASM; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VAGINA SECRETION;

EID: 33747688385     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900026705     Document Type: Review

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