Serial neurochemical measurement of cerebrospinal fluid during the human sexual response cycle

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3445-3452

  Krüger, Tillmann H C ^a,b   Schiffer, Boris ^c   Eikermann, Matthias ^c   Haake, Philip ^a   Gizewski, Elke ^c   Schedlowski, Manfred ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Dopamine; Norepinephrine; Prolactin; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; MASTURBATION; MEASUREMENT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 33845666991     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05215.x     Document Type: Article

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