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An Exploratory Study on the Central Nervous Correlates of Sexual Excitation and Sexual Inhibition. / Unterhorst, K; Gerwinn, H; Pohl, A; Kärgel, C; Massau, C; Ristow, I; Kneer, J; Amelung, T; Walter, H; Beier, K; Walter, M; Schiffer, B; Kruger, T H C; Stirn, A; Ponseti, J.

In: J SEX RES, Vol. 57, No. 3, 03.2020, p. 397-408.

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Harvard

Unterhorst, K, Gerwinn, H, Pohl, A, Kärgel, C, Massau, C, Ristow, I, Kneer, J, Amelung, T, Walter, H, Beier, K, Walter, M, Schiffer, B, Kruger, THC, Stirn, A & Ponseti, J 2020, 'An Exploratory Study on the Central Nervous Correlates of Sexual Excitation and Sexual Inhibition', J SEX RES, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 397-408. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1539462

APA

Unterhorst, K., Gerwinn, H., Pohl, A., Kärgel, C., Massau, C., Ristow, I., Kneer, J., Amelung, T., Walter, H., Beier, K., Walter, M., Schiffer, B., Kruger, T. H. C., Stirn, A., & Ponseti, J. (2020). An Exploratory Study on the Central Nervous Correlates of Sexual Excitation and Sexual Inhibition. J SEX RES, 57(3), 397-408. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1539462

Vancouver

Unterhorst K, Gerwinn H, Pohl A, Kärgel C, Massau C, Ristow I et al. An Exploratory Study on the Central Nervous Correlates of Sexual Excitation and Sexual Inhibition. J SEX RES. 2020 Mar;57(3):397-408. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2018.1539462

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title = "An Exploratory Study on the Central Nervous Correlates of Sexual Excitation and Sexual Inhibition",
abstract = "The Sexual Inhibition/Sexual Excitation Scales (SIS/SES) measure sexual excitation and sexual inhibition proneness. We used SIS and SES scores of 62 heterosexual teleiophilic men (Mage 34.3, SD = 9.9) to predict brain activation levels during the presentation of male and female visual sexual stimuli in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. Statistical analyses revealed significant correlations. SES and SIS1 scores were positively associated with brain activation in various brain regions during the presentation of both male and female stimuli. SIS2 turned out to be a weaker predictor of brain activation, still revealing one significant correlation in the right lateral orbitofrontal cortex. Significant regions for SES and SIS1 were, among others, primary and supplementary motor areas, the caudate nucleus, the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula, and prefrontal areas. Our study can be seen as an exploratory investigation of SIS and SES with means of functional brain imaging. The results provide a promising contribution to the assertion of neurophysiological systems of sexual inhibition and excitation proneness.",
author = "K Unterhorst and H Gerwinn and A Pohl and C K{\"a}rgel and C Massau and I Ristow and J Kneer and T Amelung and H Walter and K Beier and M Walter and B Schiffer and Kruger, {T H C} and A Stirn and J Ponseti",
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AU - Kärgel, C

AU - Massau, C

AU - Ristow, I

AU - Kneer, J

AU - Amelung, T

AU - Walter, H

AU - Beier, K

AU - Walter, M

AU - Schiffer, B

AU - Kruger, T H C

AU - Stirn, A

AU - Ponseti, J

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N2 - The Sexual Inhibition/Sexual Excitation Scales (SIS/SES) measure sexual excitation and sexual inhibition proneness. We used SIS and SES scores of 62 heterosexual teleiophilic men (Mage 34.3, SD = 9.9) to predict brain activation levels during the presentation of male and female visual sexual stimuli in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. Statistical analyses revealed significant correlations. SES and SIS1 scores were positively associated with brain activation in various brain regions during the presentation of both male and female stimuli. SIS2 turned out to be a weaker predictor of brain activation, still revealing one significant correlation in the right lateral orbitofrontal cortex. Significant regions for SES and SIS1 were, among others, primary and supplementary motor areas, the caudate nucleus, the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula, and prefrontal areas. Our study can be seen as an exploratory investigation of SIS and SES with means of functional brain imaging. The results provide a promising contribution to the assertion of neurophysiological systems of sexual inhibition and excitation proneness.

AB - The Sexual Inhibition/Sexual Excitation Scales (SIS/SES) measure sexual excitation and sexual inhibition proneness. We used SIS and SES scores of 62 heterosexual teleiophilic men (Mage 34.3, SD = 9.9) to predict brain activation levels during the presentation of male and female visual sexual stimuli in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. Statistical analyses revealed significant correlations. SES and SIS1 scores were positively associated with brain activation in various brain regions during the presentation of both male and female stimuli. SIS2 turned out to be a weaker predictor of brain activation, still revealing one significant correlation in the right lateral orbitofrontal cortex. Significant regions for SES and SIS1 were, among others, primary and supplementary motor areas, the caudate nucleus, the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula, and prefrontal areas. Our study can be seen as an exploratory investigation of SIS and SES with means of functional brain imaging. The results provide a promising contribution to the assertion of neurophysiological systems of sexual inhibition and excitation proneness.

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