Women, Immunity and Sexual Health lab
Women, Immunity and Sexual Health lab
Department of Psychology, UNC Charlotte

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Publications

2017

Lorenz, T. K., Heiman, J. R., & Demas, G. E. (2017). Testosterone and immune-reproductive tradeoffs in healthy women. Hormones and behavior, 88, 122-130.

Lorenz, T. K., Demas, G. E., & Heiman, J. R. (2017). Partnered sexual activity moderates menstrual cycle–related changes in inflammation markers in healthy women: an exploratory observational study. Fertility and Sterility, 107(3), 763-773.

2016

Sylvia, K., Lorenz, T., Heiman, J., & Demas, G. (2016). Supplementary Electronic Appendix, accompanying article: Physiological Predictors of Leptin Vary Across the Menstrual Cycle in Healthy Women, by KE Sylvia, TK Lorenz, JR Heiman, & GE Demas; under consideration at The American Journal of Human Biology.

2015

Pulverman, C. S., Lorenz, T. A., & Meston, C. M. (2015). Linguistic changes in expressive writing predict psychological outcomes in women with history of childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual dysfunction. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 7(1), 50.

Lorenz, T. K., Demas, G. E., & Heiman, J. R. (2015). Interaction of menstrual cycle phase and sexual activity predicts mucosal and systemic humoral immunity in healthy women. Physiology & behavior, 152, 92-98.

Lorenz, T. K., Heiman, J. R., & Demas, G. E. (2015). Sexual activity modulates shifts in T H 1/T H 2 cytokine profile across the menstrual cycle: an observational study. Fertility and sterility, 104(6), 1513-1521.

Lorenz, T. K., Worthman, C. M., & Vitzthum, V. J. (2015). Links among inflammation, sexual activity and ovulation Evolutionary trade-offs and clinical implications. Evolution, medicine, and public health, 2015(1), 304-324.

Stanton, A. M., Lorenz, T. A., Pulverman, C. S., & Meston, C. M. (2015). Heart rate variability: A risk factor for female sexual dysfunction. Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback, 40(3), 229-237.

2014

Lorenz, T. A., & Meston, C. M. (2014). Exercise improves sexual function in women taking antidepressants: results from a randomized crossover trial. Depression and anxiety, 31(3), 188-195.

Lorenz, T., & Anders, S. (2014). Interactions of sexual activity, gender, and depression with immunity. The journal of sexual medicine, 11(4), 966-979.

Lorenz, T., McGregor, B., & Swisher, E. (2014). Relationship satisfaction predicts sexual activity following risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 35(2), 62-68.

2013

Meston, C. M., Lorenz, T. A., & Stephenson, K. R. (2013). Effects of expressive writing on sexual dysfunction, depression, and PTSD in women with a history of childhood sexual abuse: Results from a randomized clinical trial. The journal of sexual medicine, 10(9), 2177-2189.

Meston, C. M., & Lorenz, T. A. (2013). Physiological stress responses predict sexual functioning and satisfaction differently in women who have and have not been sexually abused in childhood. Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy, 5(4), 350.

Lorenz, T. A., Pulverman, C. S., & Meston, C. M. (2013). Sudden gains during patient-directed expressive writing treatment predicts depression reduction in women with history of childhood sexual abuse: Results from a randomized clinical trial. Cognitive therapy and research, 37(4), 690-696.

Pulverman, C., Lorenz, T., Lessels, B., Sherrill, B., Proctor, A., Matlock, A., & Meston, C. (2013). Women show different patterns of genital arousal to threatening versus non-threatening sexual images. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 10, 172.

2012

Lorenz, T. A., & Meston, C. M. (2012). Acute exercise improves physical sexual arousal in women taking antidepressants. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 43(3), 352-361.

Lorenz, T. A., & Meston, C. M. (2012). Associations among childhood sexual abuse, language use, and adult sexual functioning and satisfaction. Child abuse & neglect, 36(2), 190-199.

Lorenz, T. A., Harte, C. B., Hamilton, L. D., & Meston, C. M. (2012). Evidence for a curvilinear relationship between sympathetic nervous system activation and women’s physiological sexual arousal. Psychophysiology, 49(1), 111-117.

2011

Lorenz, T. A., Stephenson, K. R., & Meston, C. M. (2011). Validated questionnaires in female sexual function assessment. In Cancer and sexual health (pp. 317-337). Humana Press.

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