Uwe Hartmann

TL;DR: These results are supportive of the growing evidence against a simple model of midlife sexuality that depicts women as victims of their bodily and hormonal changes, and life stressors, contextual factors, past sexuality, and mental health problems are more significant predictors of mid life women’s sexual interest than menopause status itself.

TL;DR: In this paper, the salient psychological and interpersonal issues contributing to sexual health and dysfunction are highlighted, and a four-tiered paradigm for understanding the evolution and maintenance of sexual symptoms is proposed.

TL;DR: A theoretical model of the role of PRL as a neuroendocrine reproductive reflex is proposed, suggesting that PRL may represent a peripheral regulatory factor for reproductive function, and/or a feedback mechanism that signals CNS centres controlling sexual arousal and behaviour.

TL;DR: The results reinforce a role for prolactin either as a neuroendocrine reproductive reflex or as a feedback mechanism modulating dopaminergic systems in the central nervous system that are responsible for appetitive behavior.

TL;DR: Sexual arousal and orgasm produce a distinct pattern of neuroendocrine alterations in women, primarily inducing a long-lasting elevation in plasma prolactin concentrations, suggesting that Prolactin is an endocrine marker of sexual aroused and orgasm.