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| Ellen LaanSummaryAffiliation: Academic Medical Center Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Unconscious classical conditioning of sexual arousal: evidence for the conditioning of female genital arousal to subliminally presented sexual stimuliStephanie Both
Department of Psychosomatic Gynaecology and Sexology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Sex Med 5:100-9. 2008..Although the assumption that sexual behavior is at least partly learned is common across theories of sexual behavior, classical conditioning of sexual response in women has been seldom studied...
Standard operating procedures for female orgasmic disorder: consensus of the International Society for Sexual MedicineEllen Laan
Department of Sexology and Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Sex Med 10:74-82. 2013..Few, if any, consensus SOPs have been developed for the diagnosis and treatment of Female Orgasmic Disorder (FOD)...
Genital responsiveness in healthy women with and without sexual arousal disorderEllen Laan
Department of Sexology and Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Sex Med 5:1424-35. 2008..Most pharmacological treatments that are currently being developed for women with sexual arousal disorder are aimed at remedying a vasculogenic deficit...
Sexual desire and arousal disorders in womenEllen Laan
Department of Sexology and Psychosomatic Obstetrics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Adv Psychosom Med 31:16-34. 2011..Knowledge about which treatment elements bring about change is still lacking...
Sexual behavior and responsiveness to sexual stimuli following laboratory-induced sexual arousalStephanie Both
Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Sex Res 41:242-58. 2004..The results support the view of sexual arousal as an emotional state generating action tendencies and actual sexual behavior...
Modulation of spinal reflexes by sexual films of increasing intensityStephanie Both
Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychophysiology 42:726-31. 2005..The results indicate that T reflex modulation is sensitive to varying levels of sexual arousal and may be of use in research on behavioral mechanisms underlying appetitive motivation...
Effect of a single dose of levodopa on sexual response in men and womenStephanie Both
Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neuropsychopharmacology 30:173-83. 2005..The observed gender difference in the effect of levodopa is discussed in the perspective of possible dopamine-steroid interaction...
Attentional and affective processing of sexual stimuli in women with hypoactive sexual desire disorderMarieke Brauer
Department of Sexology and Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Sex Behav 41:891-905. 2012....
Modulation of spinal reflexes by aversive and sexually appetitive stimuliStephanie Both
Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychophysiology 40:174-83. 2003..The results support the view of sexual arousal as an emotional state, generating sex-specific autonomic and general somatic motor system responses, which prepare the organism for action...
Conscious processing of sexual information: mechanisms of appraisalMark Spiering
Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Arch Sex Behav 33:369-80. 2004..It was concluded that cognitive processing of sexual information is similar for both genders, but that gender differences are present in affective processing of sexual information...
Genital vascular responsiveness and sexual feelings in midlife women: psychophysiologic, brain, and genital imaging studiesRik H W van Lunsen
Department of Sexology and Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Menopause 11:741-8. 2004..Moreover, studies repeatedly confirm highly variable correlations between subjective sexual arousal and measured increases in genital congestion...
The enhancement of vaginal vasocongestion by sildenafil in healthy premenopausal womenEllen Laan
Department of Clinical Psychology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Womens Health Gend Based Med 11:357-65. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Sildenafil was found to be effective in enhancing vaginal engorgement during erotic stimulus conditions in healthy women without sexual dysfunction but was not associated with an effect on subjective sexual arousal...
A new device for simultaneous measurement of pelvic floor muscle activity and vaginal blood flow: a test in a nonclinical sampleStephanie Both
Department of Psychosomatic Gynecology and Sexology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Sex Med 9:2888-902. 2012..To investigate both factors, a measurement device that enables simultaneous assessment of pelvic floor muscle activity and genital sexual arousal would be most optimal...
The effect of prolapse surgery on vaginal sensibilityMariëlle M E Lakeman
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Sex Med 8:1239-45. 2011....
Appetitive and aversive classical conditioning of female sexual responseStephanie Both
Department of Psychosomatic Gynaecology and Sexology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Sex Med 5:1386-401. 2008..There is only limited evidence for appetitive classical conditioning of female sexual response, and to date modulation of female sexual response by aversive conditioning has not been studied...
The effect of pain-related fear on sexual arousal in women with superficial dyspareuniaMarieke Brauer
Department of Psychosomatic Gynecology and Sexology, Leiden University Medical Center, Poortgebouw Zuid, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2300, RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Eur J Pain 11:788-98. 2007..We conclude that emotional appraisal of the sexual situation determines genital responsiveness in both sexually dysfunctional and functional women...
Preliminary evidence that acute and chronic daily psychological stress affect sexual arousal in sexually functional womenMoniek M ter Kuile
Department of Psychosomatic Gynaecology and Sexology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Behav Res Ther 45:2078-89. 2007..Chronic stress did not affect the level of subjective sexual arousal...
Simultaneous measurement of pelvic floor muscle activity and vaginal blood flow: a pilot studyStephanie Both
Department of Psychosomatic Gynecology and Sexology, Academic Hospital, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Sex Med 4:690-701. 2007..Currently, however, there is no measurement device to assess pelvic floor activity and genital response simultaneously...
Female sexual satisfaction and pharmaceutical intervention: a critical review of the drug intervention studies in female sexual dysfunctionEsmé Nijland
Organon Medical Services Women s Health, Oss, The Netherlands
J Sex Med 3:763-77. 2006..To be able to translate trial results to daily clinical practice, current limitations and issues in drug intervention studies in female sexual dysfunction (FSD) need to be clarified...
Sexual arousal in women with superficial dyspareuniaMarieke Brauer
Department of Psychosomatic Gynecology and Sexology, Leiden University Medical Center, Poortgebouw Zuid, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2300, RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Arch Sex Behav 35:191-200. 2006..Therefore, there was no evidence for impaired genital responsiveness associated with dyspareunia. Also, we found no evidence for a conditioned anxiety reaction in response to exposure to a coitus scene...
The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and the Female Sexual Distress Scale (FSDS): psychometric properties within a Dutch populationMoniek M ter Kuile
Department of Psychosomatic Gynaecology and Sexology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
J Sex Marital Ther 32:289-304. 2006..These results support the reliability and psychometric validity of the FSFI and the FSDS in the assessment of dimensions of female sexual functioning and sexual distress in clinical and nonclinical samples...
Revised definitions of women's sexual dysfunctionRosemary Basson
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Sex Med 1:40-8. 2004..Existing definitions of women's sexual disorders are based mainly on genitally focused events in a linear sequence model (desire, arousal and orgasm)...
Assessment and management of women's sexual dysfunctions: problematic desire and arousalRosemary Basson
UBC Department of Psychiatry, B C Centre for Sexual Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Sex Med 2:291-300. 2005..The frequent poor correlation of women's subjective sexual arousal and observable increases in genital congestion in response to sexual stimulation has not been reflected in assessment, diagnosis, or management...
Concordance between women's physiological and subjective sexual arousal is associated with consistency of orgasm during intercourse but not other sexual behaviorStuart Brody
Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
J Sex Marital Ther 29:15-23. 2003....
Development of a sexual function questionnaire for clinical trials of female sexual dysfunctionFrances H Quirk
Pfizer Global Research and Development, Pfizer Ltd, Sandwich, Kent, UK
J Womens Health Gend Based Med 11:277-89. 2002..The results suggest that the SFQ may be a valuable new tool for evaluating and diagnosing subsets of FSD and, ultimately, for evaluating treatments of these disorders...
Can sublingual testosterone increase subjective and physiological measures of laboratory-induced sexual arousal?Adriaan Tuiten
Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:465-6. 2002
