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The physiology of sexual function in women.
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This article is published in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology.The article was published on 1980-08-01. It has received 121 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sexual function.read more
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Plasma oxytocin increases in the human sexual response
Marie S. Carmichael,Richard Humbert,Jean M. Dixen,Glenn Palmisano,Walter Greenleaf,Julian M. Davidson +5 more
TL;DR: Plasma OT levels increased during sexual arousal in both women and men and were significantly higher during orgasm/ejaculation than during prior baseline testing, suggesting that the temporal pattern of secretion could be related to smooth muscle contractions of the reproductive system during orgasm.
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Vasculogenic female sexual dysfunction: the hemodynamic basis for vaginal engorgement insufficiency and clitoral erectile insufficiency.
TL;DR: Vaginal engorgement and clitoral erection depend on increased blood inflow, and Atherosclerosis is associated with vaginal engorgements insufficiency and clitorAL erectile insufficient.
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Women's orgasm.
TL;DR: Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anorgasmia focuses on promoting changes in attitudes and sexually relevant thoughts, decreasing anxiety, and increasing orgasmic ability and satisfaction, and studies of brain imaging indicate increased activation at orgasm.
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Premenopausal women affected by sexual arousal disorder treated with sildenafil: a double-blind, cross-over, placebo-controlled study
TL;DR: To verify whether sildenafil is effective in young premenopausal women affected by arousal disorder, a large number of studies have concluded that it is.
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Female sexual dysfunction
TL;DR: The focus of this book is men and their sexual function and dysfunction, however, many women will also develop some degree of sexual health problems concerned with sexual desire, arousal, orgasm, and/or pain.
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Human Sexual Response
TL;DR: A report on clinical findings about human sexual response patterns and orgasmic expression was published in this article, which showed that human sexual responses are correlated with the number of orgasms and sexual arousal.
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The new sex therapy
TL;DR: The following chapter from Singer Kaplan's superb book The New Sex Therapy illustrates the basic principles which underlie her approach to the treatment of patients with sexual dysfunctions utilizing a method which is both dynamically and behaviorally sophisticated as mentioned in this paper.
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Enkephalin may mediate euphoria and drive-reduction reward.
James D. Belluzzi,Larry Stein +1 more
TL;DR: It is reported here that enkephalin also may share the euphorigenic or rewarding properties of morphine in that rats will work for enkphalin injections delivered directly into the ventricles of their own brains.