On the intricate relationship between sexual motivation and arousal

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 681-688

  Ågmo, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR THEORY; EJACULATION; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; ORGASM; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGASM; RATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 79957744373     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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