The relationship between resting heart rate variability and erectile tumescence among men with normal erectile function

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1961-1968

  Harte, Christopher B ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac Autonomic Function; Erectile Function; Erectile Physiology; Erectile Tumescence; Heart Rate Variability; Sexual Arousal

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERECTILE TUMESCENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING HEART RATE; RESTING PENILE CIRCUMFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881085649     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12197     Document Type: Article

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