A dual physiological character for sexual function: The role of serotonergic receptors

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 531-534

  Motofei, Ion G ^a,b  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b SC ICPE Electrostatica SA   (Romania)

Author keywords

5HT 1A; 5HT 2C; Anxiety; Character; Depression; Dual; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ADRENALIN; BUSPIRONE; FLESINOXAN; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; EJACULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MATING; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 38849095808     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07255.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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