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| Title |
Neural Substrates of Sexual Desire in Individuals with Problematic Hypersexual Behavior
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00321 |
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| Authors |
Ji-Woo Seok, Jin-Hun Sohn |
| Abstract |
Studies on the characteristics of individuals with hypersexual disorder have been accumulating due to increasing concerns about problematic hypersexual behavior (PHB). Currently, relatively little is known about the underlying behavioral and neural mechanisms of sexual desire. Our study aimed to investigate the neural correlates of sexual desire with event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Twenty-three individuals with PHB and 22 age-matched healthy controls were scanned while they passively viewed sexual and nonsexual stimuli. The subjects' levels of sexual desire were assessed in response to each sexual stimulus. Relative to controls, individuals with PHB experienced more frequent and enhanced sexual desire during exposure to sexual stimuli. Greater activation was observed in the caudate nucleus, inferior parietal lobe, dorsal anterior cingulate gyrus, thalamus, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the PHB group than in the control group. In addition, the hemodynamic patterns in the activated areas differed between the groups. Consistent with the findings of brain imaging studies of substance and behavior addiction, individuals with the behavioral characteristics of PHB and enhanced desire exhibited altered activation in the prefrontal cortex and subcortical regions. In conclusion, our results will help to characterize the behaviors and associated neural mechanisms of individuals with PHB. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 15 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 20% |
| Canada | 2 | 13% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 13% |
| Brazil | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 80% |
| Scientists | 2 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 80 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 79 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 19% |
| Unknown | 17 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 34 | 43% |
| Neuroscience | 12 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 18 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 43. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 March 2022.
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