Activation of Neural Pathways Associated with Sexual Arousal in Non-Human Primates

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-175

  Ferris, Craig F ^a   Snowdon, Charles T ^b   King, Jean A ^a   Sullivan Jr , John M ^c   Ziegler, Toni E ^b   Olson, David P ^a   Schultz Darken, Nancy J ^d   Tannenbaum, Pamela L ^d   Ludwig, Reinhold ^c   Wu, Ziji ^c   Einspanier, Almuth ^e   Vaughan, J Thomas ^f   Duong, Timothy Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance; BOLD technique; Cerebellum; Common marmoset; Functional imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neural circuit; Sexual motivation; Suppressed sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MARMOSET; MOTIVATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODOR; OVARIECTOMY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REWARD; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROMETER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ODORS; OVARIECTOMY; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 10744229978     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10456     Document Type: Article

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