Sexual thoughts: Links to testosterone and cortisol in men

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1461-1470

  Goldey, Katherine L ^a   Van Anders, Sari M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Men; Sexual arousal; Sexual thoughts; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LIBIDO; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGINATION; LIBIDO; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84876465677     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9858-6     Document Type: Article

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