Why we lose interest in sex: Do neurosteroids play a role?

For couples desiring but having difficulty experiencing intercourse, great strides have been achieved to treat physical obstacles (such as erectile dysfunction); but a little blue pill to treat a loss of sexual desire does not yet exist. Neurosteroids, the steroids produced within the brain, may offer hope.

a Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

b Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Scott Department of Urology, Room N730, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030-3498

1 The authors have disclosed the following relationship: Stock & Science Advisor for Humagen Fertility Diagnostics.

PII: S1546-2501(06)00008-9

doi:10.1016/j.sram.2006.03.007

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