Table of Contents

Preface vii List of Contributors ix CHAPTER 1 Male Gender Identity and Masculine Behavior: the Role of Sex Hormones in Brain Development 1 Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels and Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis CHAPTER 2 Pheromonal Regulation of Male Sexuality 11 Andrea Mazzatenta, Diego Mazzatenta, and Alessandro Cellerino CHAPTER 3 Hormonal Regulation of Erectile Function, from Basic to Bedside (Androgen, Estrogen, Prolactin, GH, Thyroid Hormones) 28 Annamaria Morelli, Linda Vignozzi, and Mario Maggi CHAPTER 4 Testosterone and Other Hormonal Therapies (Antiestrogen, DHEA, Thyroid Hormones) for Erectile Dysfunction 42 Gianni Forti, Giovanni Corona, Linda Vignozzi, and Mario Maggi CHAPTER 5 Risk and Benefi t of Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Prostate Cancer 55 Giovanni Corona, Mauro Gacci, Elisabetta Baldi, Gianni Forti, and Mario Maggi CHAPTER 6 Hormonal Regulation of Male Sexual Desire: the Role of Testosterone, Estrogen, Prolactin, Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Others 72 Antonio R. Granata, Valeria Pugni, Vincenzo Rochira, Lucia Zirilli, and Cesare Carani CHAPTER 7 Endocrinology of the Ejaculatory Process (Thyroid Hormones, Prolactin, Oxytocin, Testosterone) 83 Emmanuele A. Jannini and Andrea Lenzi CHAPTER 8 Paraphilic Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment 94 Alessandra D. Fisher, Elisa Bandini, Helen Casale, and Mario Maggi CHAPTER 9 Sexual Aspects of Klinefelter's Syndrome and other Sex-Chromosome Disorders 111 Linda Vignozzi, Annamaria Morelli, and Mario Maggi CHAPTER 10 Sexual Counterpart of Hormonal Male Contraception 118 Maria Cristina Meriggiola, Antonietta Constantino, and Silvia Cerpolini Index 128

About the Author

Professor Mario Maggi, MD is Chief of the Sexual Medicine & Andrology Unit in the Department of Clinical Physiopathology at the University of Florence, Italy. He obtained his MD at the University of Florence and has been Full Professor of Endocrinology at the same University since September 2000. Professor Maggi is Associate Editor for several international journals, and also serves as an academic reviewer for many other journals. He is the Author of more than 220 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and has written several book chapters and invited reviews in the fields of human reproduction and sexual medicine. For his work in these fields he has received numerous research grants and presented at both national and international meetings. Professor Maggi is currently Chief of the Didactic Committee of the Italian Society for Endocrinology. In addition, he is a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Society for Sexual Medicine and coordinates the regional activity of the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine. He chaired, together with Jacques Buvat, The Committee for Endocrine Aspects of Male Sexual Dysfunction of the 3rd International Consultation on Sexual Medicine of?ISSM.