Does dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) activation return to baseline when sexual stimuli cease?. The role of DLPFC in visual sexual stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 416, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-60

  Leon Carrion, Jose ^a,b   Martín Rodríguez, Juan Francisco ^a,b   Damas López, Jesús ^b,d   Pourrezai, Kambiz ^c   Izzetoglu, Kurtulus ^c   Barroso y Martin, Juan Manuel ^a   Dominguez Morales, M Rosario ^b  

^a School of Psychology of the University   (Spain)

^b Ctr for Brain Injury Rehabilitation   (Spain)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

arousal; fNIRS; Gender differences; Human sexuality; Prefrontal cortex; Valence

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EROTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGENATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EROTICA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUALITY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 33947246111     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.01.058     Document Type: Article

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