Sexual disorders caused by antidepressants: Considerations in the context of brain hemisphere functions

Activitas Nervosa Superior

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 47-61

  Rotenberg, Vadim S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Brain hemispheres; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; ESCITALOPRAM; FENFLURAMINE; FLUOXETINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXCITEMENT; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIBIDO; LIMBIC SYSTEM; ORGASM DISORDER; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 77957326611     PISSN: 18029698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03379566     Document Type: Review

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