Sexual desire, sexual arousal and hormonal differences in premenopausal US and Dutch women with and without low sexual desire

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 772-779

  Heiman, Julia R ^a   Rupp, Heather ^a   Janssen, Erick ^a   Newhouse, Sarah K ^a   Brauer, Marieke ^b   Laan, Ellen ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genital response; Hormone levels; Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder; Premenopausal women; Sexual arousal; Sexual desire; Sexual function; Subjective sexual response

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FANTASY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; NETHERLANDS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; UNITED STATES; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957583927     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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