Brain Signature Characterizing the Body-Brain-Mind Axis of Transsexuals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Ku, Hsiao Lun ^a,b   Lin, Chia Shu ^a,c   Chao, Hsiang Tai ^a,c   Tu, Pei Chi ^a   Li, Cheng Ta ^a,c   Cheng, Chou Ming ^a   Su, Tung Ping ^a,c   Lee, Ying Chiao ^a,c   Hsieh, Jen Chuen ^a,c,d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROTICA; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MENTAL STRESS; PUNISHMENT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880787632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070808     Document Type: Article

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