Chronic stress and sexual function in women

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2443-2454

  Hamilton, Lisa Dawn ^a,b   Meston, Cindy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Cortisol; DHEAS; Sexual Arousal; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EROTISM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; FILM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ATTENTION; CORTISOL; DHEAS; SEXUAL AROUSAL; STRESS;

SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; EROTICA; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885927774     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12249     Document Type: Article

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