Brain activation during human male ejaculation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 9185-9193

  Holstege, Gert ^a   Georgiadis, Janniko R ^a   Paans, Anne M J ^b   Meiners, Linda C ^b   Van der Graaf, Ferdinand H C E ^b   Reinders, A A T Simone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cerebellum; Heroin; Midbrain; PET (positron emission tomography); Sex

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLAUSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EJACULATION; EMOTIONALITY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MESENCEPHALON; NEOCORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 0141885137     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-27-09185.2003     Document Type: Article

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