Persistent genital arousal disorder associated with functional hyperconnectivity of an epileptic focus

Neuroscience

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-96

  Anzellotti, F ^a   Franciotti, R ^a   Bonanni, L ^a   Tamburro, G ^a   Perrucci, M G ^a   Thomas, A ^a   Pizzella, V ^a   Romani, G L ^a   Onofrj, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; FMRI; Functional connectivity; Magnetoencephalography; Posterior insular cortex

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; PAROXETINE; TOPIRAMATE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLITORIS; COITUS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEAR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENITAL PAIN; GUILT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LEFT INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBE; LEFT INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; LEFT MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; LEFT POSTERIOR INSULAR GYRUS; LEFT SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MASTURBATION; NIGHT; ORGASM; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSISTENT GENITAL SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; PERSONALITY; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUCTOSE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950370803     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.01.050     Document Type: Article

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