Neural network of body representation differs between transsexuals and cissexuals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

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

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CISSEXUAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924843506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085914     Document Type: Article

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