Blood-oxygenation-level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging for evaluating cerebral regions of female sexual arousal response

Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1189-1194

  Park, Kwangsung ^a   Kang, Heoung Keun ^a   Seo, Jeong Jin ^a   Kim, Hyung Joong ^a   Ryu, Soo Bang ^a   Jeong, Gwang Woo ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEX;

EID: 0343807447     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(01)00992-X     Document Type: Article

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