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| Neural pathways and central sites involved in penile erection neuroanatomy and clinical implications |
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| Author(s): Steers WD |
| Source: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS Volume: 24 Issue: 5 Pages: 507-516 Published: JUL 2000 |
| Times Cited: 40 References: 97 |
| Abstract: Penile erection occurs in response to tactile, visual, and imaginative stimuli in humans. In animals olfactory and auditory cues are particularly important. The participation of multiple sites with the brain and spinal cord, and coordination of somatic and autonomic pathways make sexual behavior in general, and erection in particular, vulnerable to neurologic injury and disease. Sites within the brain and spinal cord act in concert to process, coordinate, then distribute the neural inputs necessary for sexual behavior including erection. Activation of neurons in some of these regions either pharmacologically or by electrical stimulation has been associated with penile tumescence. This review will provide a geographic framework for understanding the neuroanatomical basis of penile erection based primarily on animal data. Following discussion of the anatomical substrates, a clinical correlation is then provided to confirm and reinforce these experimental observations. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Document Type: Review |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Steers, WD (reprint author), Univ Virginia, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Urol, Box 800 422,Jefferson Pk Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA |
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1. Univ Virginia, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Urol, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA |
| Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND |
| Subject Category: Behavioral Sciences; Neurosciences |
| IDS Number: 339XW |
| ISSN: 0149-7634 |
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