this study aims to investigate the effect of xylopia aethiopica on the sexual behavior of adult male rats. fort eight adult male wistar rats were used for the study. they were randomly divided into four groups of 6 animals each: group 1 was control, while groups 2, 3 and 4 were test groups treated daily with 0.5, 2 and 10 mg/kg body weight respectively of hydro-methanolic fruit extract of xylop...

conclusions the results showed that having an addicted husband could strongly affect some sexual domains in women. it could change the pattern of desire and motivation for sexual contact in females and alter their attitude toward the sexual relationship, thereby causing disturbances in the females’ normal sexual function. results according to the results, the frequency of hypoactive sexual desi...

background: female sexual dysfunction (fsd) defines as any disorder in the process of sexual contact including 6 main domains, desire, arousal, lubrication,  orgasm,  orgasm  satisfaction  and  pain. this study was conducted to evaluate prevalence of sexual dysfunction disorder in women with migraine headache and also find the associated factors related to migraine characteristics. methods: a t...

abstract background: women’s sexual self‑esteem is one of the most important factors that affect women’s sexual satisfaction and their sexual anxiety. various aspects of sexual life are blended with the entire personality. determining the relationship between personality traits and self‑concept aspects such as sexual self‑esteem leads to better understanding of sexual behavior in people with di...

abstract background: the world health organization emphasizes on integration of sexual health into primary health care services, educating people and health care workers about sexuality, and promoting optimal sexual health. despite the high prevalence of sexual problems, these problems are poorly managed in primary health care services. this study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and feas...

background: sexual dysfunction is the most common disorder in women. according to the who , s exual education programs are considered as a need. therefore , this study was designed to investigate the effect of educational program on sexual function in women with sexual dysfunction . methods: this randomized trial, was conducted in 2013 on 90 married women by convenient sampling in qazvin, centr...

Malaria parasites have a complex life cycle with asexual multiplication in a vertebrate host and obligate sexual reproduction in the mosquito; however, commitment to sexual development begins in the vertebrate with differentiation of female and male gametocytes. In this issue of Cell, Khan et al. (2005) used elegant approaches to purify male and female gametocytes and elucidated their respectiv...

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has two sexes: males and hermaphrodites. Hermaphrodites are essentially female animals that produce sperm and oocytes. In the past few years tremendous progress has been made towards understanding how sexual identity is controlled in the worm. These analyses have revealed that the regulatory pathway controlling sexual development is far from linear and that i...