Dynamic subcortical blood flow during male sexual activity with ecological validity: A perfusion fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 208-216

  Georgiadis, Janniko R ^a   Farrell, Michael J ^b   Boessen, Ruud ^b   Denton, Derek A ^c,d   Gavrilescu, Maria ^b   Kortekaas, Rudie ^a   Renken, Remco J ^e   Hoogduin, Johannes M ^f   Egan, Gary F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF STIMULATION; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIN LABELING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PERFUSION IMAGING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75249106305     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.034     Document Type: Article

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