The Science of Orgasm
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-8490-0 (ISBN)
This fascinating and comprehensive book is the first to explore the complex biological process leading to orgasm. Here, sexuality researcher and nurse Beverly Whipple, coauthor of the international best-selling book The G Spot and Other Discoveries about Human Sexuality, joins neuroscientist Barry R. Komisaruk and endocrinologist Carlos Beyer-Flores to view orgasm through the lenses of behavioral neuroscience along with cognitive and physiological sciences. The authors explain how and why orgasms happen, why they fail to happen, and what brain and body events are put into play at the moment of orgasm. No topic is left unexplored, as the book describes the genital-brain connection, how the brain produces orgasms, how aging affects orgasm, and the effects of prescription medication, street drugs, hormones, disorders, and diseases. Covering every type of sexual peak experience in women and men?from intense to phantom-this informative and entertaining work illuminates the hows, whats, and wherefores of orgasm.
Barry R. Komisaruk is a professor of psychology at Rutgers University. Carlos Beyer-Flores is head of the Laboratorio Tlaxcala in Mexico. Beverly Whipple is Professor Emerita at the College of Nursing, Rutgers University.
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
References
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.1.2007 |
---|---|
Zusatzinfo | 2 Line drawings, black and white; 13 Halftones, black and white |
Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 635 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie | |
Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie | |
Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8018-8490-X / 080188490X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8018-8490-0 / 9780801884900 |
Zustand | Neuware |
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich