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A functional endophenotype for sexual orientation in humans.
NeuroImage - 15 Nov 2006
Ponseti Jorge, Bosinski Hartmut A, Wolff Stephan, Peller Martin, Jansen Olav, Mehdorn Hubertus M, Büchel Christian, Siebner Hartwig R
Abstract excerpt
Sexually arousing visual stimuli activate the human reward system and trigger sexual behavior. Here we performed event-related fMRI during visual processing of sexual core stimuli to pinpoint a neuronal correlate of sexual preference in humans. To dissociate gender of the stimulus from sexual preference, we studied male and female heterosexual and homosexual volunteers while they viewed sexual and nonsexual...
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