The role of testosterone in male sexual function

• Published in: Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 1159 - 1172
• Main Authors: Corona, Giovanni, Maggi, Mario
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2022; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aging; Diabetes; Endocrinology; Erectile dysfunction; Erectile Dysfunction - drug therapy; Humans; Hypogonadism; Impotence; Internal Medicine; Libido; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic disorders; Middle Aged; Phosphodiesterase; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological; Testosterone; Testosterone - therapeutic use; Testosterone; Erectile dysfunction; Hypogonadism; Testosterone replacement therapy
• ISSN: 1389-9155; 1573-2606; 1573-2606
• DOI: 10.1007/s11154-022-09748-3

Sexual function, and testosterone (T) levels, progressively decline in aging men. Associated morbidities and metabolic disorders can accelerate the phenomenon. The specific contribution of low T to sexual function impairment in aging men has still not been completely clarified. Similarly, the role o...