Alcohol and erectile response: The effects of high dosage in the context of demands to maximize sexual arousal

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-470

  George, William H ^a   Davis, Kelly Cue ^a   Norris, Jeanette ^a   Heiman, Julia R ^b   Schacht, Rebecca L ^a   Stoner, Susan A ^a   Kajumulo, Kelly F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Blood alcohol concentrations; Erectile dysfunction; Erection; Penile plethysmography; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; EROTICA; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33751252234     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.14.4.461     Document Type: Article

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