Is there a significance of histamine in the control of the human male sexual response?

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 538-542

  Uckert S ^a   Wilken, M ^a,b   Stief, C ^b   Trottmann, M ^b   Kuczyk, M ^a   Becker, A ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histamine; Male sexual response; Penile erection; Post ejaculatory period

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; EJACULATION; EROTISM; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL AROUSAL;

ADULT; EJACULATION; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 84861493588     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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