Endocrine factors in geriatric sexuality.
Sex steroid hormones clearly decline with age in both males and females. Sexual activity also declines in both sexes with advancing age. Whether these two age-associated events are correlated with one another is less clear, however. There is some evidence that testosterone correlates with libido in both sexes and that testosterone therapy may enhance libido. The role of testosterone in the maintenance of potency in older males is yet to be determined.
Morley
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Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, St. Louis Veterans Administration Medical Center, Missouri.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000188:drug therapy
D006728:Hormones