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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Midwifery Womens Health. 2021 Sep 12;66(6):740–748. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13283

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Various physiological substrates and their role in either exciting or inhibiting sexual desire, based on the Dual-Control Model (Bancroft et al, 200915). Deficient excitation, excessive inhibition, or a mix of both can contribute to the physiology of hypoactive sexual desire disorder. aSerotonin and progesterone have both excitatory and inhibitory properties, though are usually considered inhibitory. α-MSH (alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone).