Brain activation areas of sexual arousal with olfactory stimulation in men: A preliminary study using functional MRI

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 619-625

  Huh, Joon ^a   Park, Kwangsung ^a   Hwang, In Sang ^a   Jung, Seung Il ^a   Kim, Hyeong Jung ^a   Chung, Tae Woong ^a   Jeong, Gwang Woo ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain area; fMRI; Olfaction; Sexual arousal

Indexed keywords

PERFUME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SMELLING; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 40349100026     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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