Hormonal predictors of sexual motivation in natural menstrual cycles

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 636-645

  Roney, James R ^a   Simmons, Zachary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Menstrual cycle; Progesterone; Sexual motivation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DESIRE; SEXUAL MOTIVATION; SEXUALITY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTIVATION; OVULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGESTERONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84876503400     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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