The Role of Left Superior Parietal Lobe in Male Sexual Behavior: Dynamics of Distinct Components Revealed by fMRI

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1602-1612

  Cera, Nicoletta ^a,b,d   di Pierro, Ezio D ^c   Sepede, Gianna ^a,b   Gambi, Francesco ^a,b   Perrucci, Mauro Gianni ^a,b   Merla, Arcangelo ^a,b,d   Tartaro, Armando ^a,b   del Gratta, Cosimo ^a,b,d   Galatioto Paradiso, Giuseppe ^c   Vicentini, Carlo ^c   Romani, Gian Luca ^a,b   Ferretti, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b ITAB Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d G Mazzini Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Emotion; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Left superior parietal lobe; Neural mechanisms of inhibition of sexual response; Psychogenic erectile dysfunction; Psychophysiology of sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LEFT SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBE; MALE; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PARIETAL LOBE; PENIS ERECTION; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULATION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84861826144     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02719.x     Document Type: Article

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