Women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder compared to normal females: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Neuroscience

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 484-502

  Arnow, B A ^a   Millheiser, L ^a   Garrett, A ^a   Lake Polan, M ^a   Glover, G H ^a   Hill, K R ^a   Lightbody, A ^a   Watson, C ^a   Banner, L ^b   Smart, T ^c   Buchanan, T ^d   Desmond, J E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Clinical Development ^*

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain activation and sexual arousal; female sexual dysfunction; hypoactive sexual desire disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EROTICA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIBIDO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249084590     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.09.044     Document Type: Article

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