Induction of sexual arousal in women under conditions of institutional and ambulatory laboratory circumstances: A comparative study

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1160-1176

  Bloemers, Jos ^a   Gerritsen, Jeroen ^a   Bults, Richard ^b   Koppeschaar, Hans ^a   Everaerd, Walter ^c   Olivier, Berend ^d,e   Tuiten, Adriaan ^a,d  

^a Emotional Brain BV   (Netherlands)

^b MobiHealth BV   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory laboratory; Clitoral blood volume; Ecological validity; Genital measures of sexual arousal; Hypoactive sexual desire disorder; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROTISM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VAGINA; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 77950827650     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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