Weak with sex: Sexual intercourse as a trigger for cataplexy

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2271-2277

  Poryazova, Rositsa ^a   Khatami, Ramin ^a,b   Werth, Esther ^a   Bassetti, Claudio L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Chefarzt Psychosomatische Medizin   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arousal; Cataplexy; Dopamine; Hypocretin; Narcolepsy; Orgasmolepsy; Reward

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; MODAFINIL; OREXIN; OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATAPLEXY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NARCOLEPSY; ORGASM DISORDER; ORGASMOLEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STANFORD CATAPLEXY QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COITUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; ORGASM; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATAPLEXY; COITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; ORGASM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68349141555     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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