How generalized CNS arousal strengthens sexual arousal (and vice versa)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 689-695

  Schober, Justine ^a,b   Weil, Zachary ^a   Pfaff, Donald ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Estradiol; Estrogen; Hypothalamus; Lordosis; Preoptic area; Sex

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OREXIN A;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DOPAMINE RELEASE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; RATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79957621066     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.10.005     Document Type: Review

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