Women's vaginal responses during rem sleep

Gene G. Abel; William D. Murphy; Judith V. Becker; Adib Bitar

doi:10.1080/00926237908403713

Women's vaginal responses during rem sleep

Gene G. Abel
, William D. Murphy
, Judith V. Becker
, Adib Bitar

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Eight female subjects underwent vaginal photoplethysmographic recordings while asleep. Results demonstrated consistent findings of decreases in relative blood volume and increases in relative pulse pressure within the vagina during REM periods. These vascular changes indicate that females undergo phasic shifts in vascular blood flow in the vagina during REM sleep, similar to the phasic shifts of blood flow in the male's penis during REM sleep.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5-14
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00926237908403713
State	Published - 1979
Externally published	Yes

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