title: Vaginal blood flow during sexual stimulation.
abstract: In 7 female volunteers the local vaginal blood flow was calculated from the washout of the radioactive inert gas xenon 133 after an intraepithelial injection. During rest a monoexponential washout curve was found for the whole washout process. The average vaginal blood flow (VBF) was found to be 9.8 ml.min-1. (100 g)-1 (range, 5.5 to 19.6). In 6 of the women when sexual stimulation was undertaken an increase in blood flow was recorded to an average of 28.9 ml.min-1. (100 g)-1 (range, 21.5 to 45.0).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002987:Clitoris; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012653:Self Stimulation / Q000502:physiology; D012723:Sex; D014621:Vagina / Q000098:blood supply*; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes