How Sexual Desire Works- The Enigmatic Urge

by Frederick Toates

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  Index

  abstinence 76, 93, 101, 153

  Abu Ali Sina 85

  abuse 22, 227, 236, 237, 355, 357, 361, 392, 404, 414, 430

  acetylcholine 452

  action potential 40

  activational effects 42

  Acton, William 85, 312

  adaptive 58, 61, 124, 136, 190, 191, 241, 368

  addiction 5, 20, 72, 73, 76, 159, 160, 203, 220, 336, 421, 431, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448

  to adrenalin rush 356

  cybersex 331, 333

  drug 5, 26, 54, 119, 219, 322, 328, 446

  feeding 63

  heroin 292

  love 328, 357

  and OCD and impulse control 328

  sex 118, 357

  sexual 4, 5, 21, 62, 65, 221, 273

  sexual-killing 419

  shopping 57

  adolescence 22, 109, 122

  link to adulthood 245–247

  adolescents 119, 246, 247, 298, 392

  adrenal glands 31, 40, 41, 42, 48, 154, 255

  adrenalin 41, 42, 168, 320, 356, 419

  adrenalin rush 382

  adultery 10, 21, 32, 65, 78, 80, 102, 124, 125, 196, 217, 222, 242, 250, 300, 301

  affect 22, 98, 123, 146, 179, 180, 224, 233, 310, 354

  affectional bonding 265

  affective 104

  aggression 91, 98, 126, 250, 298, 348, 367, 442, 446

  fusion with sexual desire 285

  instrumental 362

  reactive 362, 400