Neuroanatomical correlates of visually evoked sexual arousal in human males

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-21

  Stoléru, Serge ^a   Grégoire, Marie Claude ^b   Gérard, Daniel ^b   Decety, Jean ^c   Lafarge, Emmanuelle ^b   Cinotti, Luc ^b   Lavenne, Frank ^b   Bars, Didier Le ^b   Vernet Maury, Evelyne ^d   Rada, Hiram ^d   Collet, Christian ^d   Mazoyer, Bernard ^e   Forest, Maguelone G ^c   Magnin, Françoise ^a   Spira, Alfred ^a   Comar, Dominique ^b  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CERMEP IMAGERIE DU VIVANT   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e GIP CYCERON   (France)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Inferior frontal cortex; Inferior temporal cortex; Insula; Paralimbic cortex; Positron emission tomography (PET); Sexual arousal; Testosterone; Visual stimulation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0345059212     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018733420467     Document Type: Article

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