The roots of sexual arousal and sexual orientation

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 384-387

  Salu, Yehuda ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; COCHLEA; EMOTION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEAR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INNER EAR; MATE CHOICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

AROUSAL; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALITY;

EID: 79751525496     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.10.048     Document Type: Article

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