The physiology of human sexual function

Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 90-94

  Levin, Roy ^a,b   Riley, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain imaging; clitoris; ejaculation; emission; erection; female ejaculation; orgasm; sexual arousal; sexual desire; sexual response cycle; vaginal lubrication

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ORGASM; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; VAGINA;

EID: 33847097894     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2007.01.004     Document Type: Review

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