A pilot study of the effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy on brain activation pattern in a man with pedophilia

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-60

  Moulier, Virginie ^a,b,d   Fonteille, Véronique ^a,d   Pélégrini Issac, Mélanie ^c,d   Cordier, Bernard ^e   Baron Laforêt, Sophie ^f   Boriasse, Emeline ^d   Durand, Emmanuel ^d   Stoléru, Serge ^a,d  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER ESQUIROL   (France)

Author keywords

fMRI; GnRH agonists; leuprorelin; pedophilia; volumetric penile plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; GONADORELIN; LEUPRORELIN; MIANSERIN;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEDOPHILIA; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; LIBIDO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIANSERIN; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEDOPHILIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84856137372     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X10392191     Document Type: Article

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