Haemodynamic brain response to visual sexual stimuli is different between homosexual and heterosexual men

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 199-211

  Hu, S H ^a   Wang, Q D ^a   Xu, Y ^a   Liao, Z L ^a   Xu, L J ^b   Xu, X J ^c   Qwei, E Q ^c   Yan, L Q ^d   Hu, J B ^a   Wei, N ^a   Zhou, W H ^a   Huang, M L ^a   Zhang, M M ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Brain response; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Homosexuality; Men; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LESBIAN; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PONS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SEXUAL AROUSAL;

EID: 79952974732     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323001103900121     Document Type: Article

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