The science of orgasm / Barry R. Komisaruk, Carlos Beyer-Flores, Beverly Whipple.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Komisaruk, Barry R.

Contributor:

Beyer, Carlos.

Whipple, Beverly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orgasm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Covering every type of sexual peak experience in women and menfrom intense to phantom--this informative and entertaining work illuminates the hows, whats, and wherefores of orgasm.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Definitions of Orgasm""; ""2 Different Nerves, Different Orgasmic Feelings""; ""3 Bodily Changes at Orgasm""; ""4 Are Orgasms Good for Your Health?""; ""5 When Things Go Wrong""; ""6 Diseases That Affect Orgasm""; ""7 How Aging Affects Orgasm""; ""8 Pleasure and Satisfaction with and without Orgasm""; ""9 The Nervous System Connection""; ""10 The Neurochemistry of Orgasm""; ""11 Effects of Medication""; ""12 Counteracting Medication Side Effects""; ""13 Recreational Stimulant Drugs and Orgasm""; ""14 Depressant Drugs and Orgasm""; ""15 Herbal Therapies""

""16 Hormones and Orgasm""""17 Mechanism of Action of Sex Steroids""; ""18 Nonreproductive Hormones in Orgasm""; ""19 Atypical Orgasms""; ""20 The Genital-Brain Connection""; ""21 Orgasms after Brain Surgery or Brain Damage""; ""22 Imaging the Brain during Sexual Arousal and Orgasm""; ""23 The Cast of Characters: How Brain Components Contribute to Orgasm""; ""24 Consciousness and Orgasm""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""C""; ""D""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""

""I""""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-347) and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-8895-6

OCLC:

923192563