Acute exercise improves physical sexual arousal in women taking antidepressants

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-361

  Lorenz, Tierney A ^a   Meston, Cindy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant side effects; Exercise; Sexual arousal functioning; Sympathetic nervous system activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; VAGINA;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EROTICA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGINA;

EID: 84863985365     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-011-9338-1     Document Type: Article

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