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Project
Influence of sex steroids on psychosexual function: a prospective intervention study
Context: Transsexual persons undergo extreme changes in gonadal hormone concentrations, with possible impact on psychological and sexual functioning.
Objective: Determine differential effects of androgens and estrogens on psychological and sexual function.
Design: Prospective intervention study in transsexual persons.
Methods: Standardised questionnaires measuring psychosexual functioning. Objective sexual arousal measured by fMRI. Hormone measurements by LCMS-MS.
Date:1 Oct 2011 → 1 Apr 2014
Keywords:sexual desire, sexual arousal, sex steroids, psychological functioning, transsexualism
Disciplines:Neurosciences, Clinical and counselling psychology, Endocrinology and metabolic diseases, Other paramedical sciences, Psychiatry and psychotherapy, Other psychology and cognitive sciences, Cognitive science and intelligent systems, Biological and physiological psychology, Developmental psychology and ageing, Nursing