Activation of mirror-neuron system by erotic video clips predicts degree of induced erection: an fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1142-1150

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

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Amiens University Medical Center and Jules Verne University of Picardy   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^f DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROTISM; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PENIS ERECTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; EROTICA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; PENILE ERECTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 48949089199     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.05.051     Document Type: Article

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