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9304046

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-24
pubmed:abstractText
The role of androgens in the male sex differentiation, in the genesis and preservation of the erectile function is summarized. In sex differentiation, testosterone acts on genitalia and central nervous system (CNS). In CNS sexual steroids exert a morphogenetic action during neuronal development. At the pubertal age, the increase of testosterone leads to the development of sex characteristics, the onset of libido and the beginning of the nocturnal spontaneous erectile function. Spontaneous erections are androgen-dependent, and they are impaired in androgen deficiency. Normal androgen levels lead to make voluntary erections. However, in the human species, cortical influences may greatly affect what could be possible to occur in relation to the hormonal situation. Endocrine causes of sexual dysfunction are responsible for about 20-25% of the total; among these primary and secondary hypogonadisms are the most frequent and they are to be managed with causal treatments and androgen replacement therapy. Therefore, androgen treatments are not useful in functional sex disorders and they may be at risk on prostatic tissue. Andropause is related to a progressive reduction of testicular function, principally due to vascular disorders, with low-normal androgen levels. On the basis of these observations it is underlined that in the human species the androgen presence is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a correct sex function.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0391-1977
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
37-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Hormonal control of sexual behavior in males and endocrinologic causes of sexual dysfunction].
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università degli Studi, Torino.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract