Neural correlates of sexual arousal in heterosexual and homosexual women and men

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 673-684

  Sylva, David ^a   Safron, Adam ^a   Rosenthal, A M ^a   Reber, Paul J ^a   Parrish, Todd B ^a   Bailey, J Michael ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional neuroimaging; Sexual arousal; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884936257     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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