Brain circuits for mating behavior in cats and brain activations and de-activations during sexual stimulation and ejaculation and orgasm in humans

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 702-707

  Holstege, Gert ^a   Huynh, Hieu K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activation; De activation; Insula; Nucleus retroambiguus; Periaqueductal gray; Prefrontal cortex; Stress level

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CEREBELLUM; EJACULATION; HUMAN; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MATING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; ORGASM; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOMATOMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CATS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGASM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79957602524     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.02.008     Document Type: Review

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