Brain activation during human male ejaculation revisited

Janniko R Georgiadis; A A T Simone Reinders; Ferdinand H C E Van der Graaf; Anne M J Paans; Rudie Kortekaas

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Brain activation during human male ejaculation revisited

Janniko R Georgiadis, A A T Simone Reinders, Ferdinand H C E Van der Graaf, Anne M J Paans, Rudie Kortekaas

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Abstract

In a prior [O]-H2O positron emission tomographic study we reported brain regions involved in human male ejaculation. Here, we used another, more recently acquired data set to evaluate the methodological approach of this previous study, and discovered that part of the reported activation pattern was not related to ejaculation. With a new analysis of these ejaculation data, we now demonstrate ejaculation-related activations in the deep cerebellar nuclei (dentate nucleus), anterior vermis, pons, and ventrolateral thalamus, and, most importantly, ejaculation-related deactivations throughout the prefrontal cortex. This revision offers a new and more accurate insight into the brain regions involved in human male ejaculation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	553-7
Number of pages	5
Journal	Neuroreport
Volume	18
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280b10bfe
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2007

Keywords

Cerebellar Nuclei
Ejaculation
Humans
Male
Orgasm
Oxygen Radioisotopes
Pons
Positron-Emission Tomography
Prefrontal Cortex
Ventral Thalamic Nuclei

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