Neural activation in the orbitofrontal cortex in response to male faces increases during the follicular phase

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-72

  Rupp, Heather A ^a   James, Thomas W ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a   Sengelaub, Dale R ^a   Janssen, Erick ^a   Heiman, Julia R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormones; Menstrual cycle; Orbitofrontal cortex; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ESTRADIOL; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FRONTAL LOBE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUTEAL PHASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349254653     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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