Interactions between human sexual arousal and sexual desire: A challenge for social neuroscience;Interactions entre excitation et désir sexuel: Des relations interpersonnelles aux réseaux neuronaux

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 3, Issue 104, 2007, Pages 809-813

  Ortigue, S ^a   Bianchi Demicheli, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIOLOGY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247109020     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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