Neuroanatomical correlates of penile erection evoked by photographic stimuli in human males

NeuroImage

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 689-699

  Moulier, V ^a   Mouras, H ^a   Pelegrini Issac M ^a   Glutron, D ^a,b   Rouxel, R ^a   Grandjean, B ^a   Bittoun, J ^a,b   Stoleru S ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Penile tumescence; Volumetric plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PENIS ERECTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EROTICA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33749437999     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.06.037     Document Type: Article

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