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Sexual excitation, function

Known as: Sexual Arousal, arousal sexual 
Heightened urges of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behavior.
National Institutes of Health

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BrainNervous system structurePhysiological Arousal

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Eroticism

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reproductive function

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2009
2009
Assessing female sexual arousal with the labial thermistor: response specificity and construct validity.
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Vaginal vasomotion--its appearance, measurement, and usefulness in assessing the mechanisms of vasodilatation.
INTRODUCTION In a number of tissue microcirculations, the phenomenon of vasomotion occurs where only a proportion of the total… 
2003
2003
Dynamic MR Imaging of the Sexual Arousal Response in Women
The purpose of our studies was to evaluate whether MR imaging could be used to noninvasively observe and measure the sexual… 
1996
1996
β-Adrenergic modulation of male sexual behavior elicited from the medial preoptic area in rats
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
A component analysis of the effects of DPAT on male rat sexual behavior
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Measurement of sexual arousal in several paraphilias: the effects of stimulus modality, instructional set and stimulus content on the objective.
1979
1979
Interaction of hunger and sexual motivation in the male rat: A time-sharing approach
1978
1978
Reduction of sadistic sexual arousal by olfactory aversion: a case study.
1975
1975
Cortisol, growth hormone, free fatty acids, and experimentally evoked affective arousal.
Eight male volunteers who viewed selected control, suspense, and erotic films experienced significant changes in affect that were… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Copulatory behavior of male rats given intermittent electric shocks: theoretical implications.
In 3 experiments mildly painful .5-sec. shocks, delivered to the skin of male rats every 30 sec. in the presence of a receptive… 
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