Patterns of brain activation during visually evoked sexual arousal differ between homosexual and heterosexual men

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1890-1896

  Hu, S H ^a   Wei, N ^a   Wang, Q D ^a   Yan, L Q ^b   Wei, E Q ^a   Zhang, M M ^a   Hu, J B ^a   Huang, M L ^a   Zhou, W H ^a   Xu, Yi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EROTISM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 56849107835     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1260     Document Type: Article

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