Differing default mode network activities in men with homosexual or heterosexual preferences

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2474-2484

  Hu, Shaohua ^a   Xu, Dongrong ^b   Peterson, Bradley S ^b   Wang, Qidong ^a   Lai, Jianbo ^a   Hu, Jianbo ^a   Wei, Ning ^a   Zhang, Minming ^a   Xu, Yi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Default Mode Network; Fractional Amplitude of Low Frequency Fluctuation; Functional Connectivity; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Homosexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUNEUS; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; KINSEY SCALE; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL GYRUS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FRONTAL LOBE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FRONTAL LOBE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908508778     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12639     Document Type: Article

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