Neurological control of human sexual behaviour: insights from lesion studies

Baird, Amee; Wilson, Sarah J.; Bladin, Peter F.; Saling, Michael M.; Reutens, David C.

doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.107193

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“…It can also be seen in cases organic causes such as frontal lobe damage [12], fronto-temporal dementia [13], brain lesions such as closed head injuries, brain tumors, stroke lesions, focal epilepsy [14]. This had been a critical oversight in the management of this patient.…”

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Acting Out of the Ordinary: A Case of Sudden Death after Abnormal Behavior Due to a Craniopharyngioma

Vadysinghe¹,

Senavirathna²,

Samaranayake³

2016

J Clin Case Rep

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Acting Out of the Ordinary: A Case of Sudden Death after Abnormal Behavior Due to a Craniopharyngioma

Vadysinghe¹,

Senavirathna²,

Samaranayake³

2016

J Clin Case Rep

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“…Additionally, other publications about sexuality in HD, have demonstrated hypoactive sexual disorders 7 . In conclusion, psychosocial factors or specific brain lesion could be the cause of sexual dysfunction in patients with HD 8 . Two patients with TS presented with HSD, with excessive masturbation and sexual promiscuity.…”

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Increased sexual arousal in patients with movement disorders

Teive

Moro

Moscovich

et al. 2016

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Increased of sexual arousal (ISA) has been described in different neurological diseases. The purpose of this study was present a case series of ISA in patients with movement disorders. Method Fifteen patients with different forms of movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Tourette´s syndrome, spinocerebellar ataxia type 3), were evaluated in the Movement Disorders Unit of the Federal University of Paraná. Results Among Parkinson’s disease patients there were seven cases with different forms of ISA due to dopaminergic agonist use, levodopa abuse, and deep brain stimulation (DBS). In the group with hyperkinetic disorders, two patients with Huntington’s disease, two with Tourette’s syndrome, and four with spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 presented with ISA. Conclusions ISA in this group of patients had different etiologies, predominantly related to dopaminergic treatment or DBS in Parkinson’s disease, part of the background clinical picture in Huntington’s disease and Tourette’s syndrome, and probably associated with cultural aspects in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 3.

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“…Furthermore, the review of lesion studies of sexual disorders suggests that the amygdala is associated with sexual drive and the hypothalamus is associated with autonomic aspects of sexual drive and so forth [Baird et al, 2007].…”

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The structure of the amygdala associates with human sexual permissiveness: Evidence from voxel‐based morphometry

Takeuchi

Taki

Nouchi

et al. 2014

Human Brain Mapping

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Sexual behavior is a critical function of human procreation. Despite previous studies that investigated the neural mechanisms of basic human physiological sexual functions, the neural mechanisms that underlie individual differences in human sexual permissiveness remain unknown. We used voxelbased morphometry and a questionnaire (scale for sexual attitudes) to measure sexual permissiveness to investigate the gray matter and white matter structural correlates of sexual permissiveness. Sexual permissiveness was negatively correlated with regional gray matter density of the structures involving the right amygdala and surrounding areas, and positively correlated with regional white matter density of the white matter area that spread around the left amygdala to the hypothalamus area. There were no gender-specific relationships in the neural correlates of our findings. These findings suggest that structural variations in

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Neurological control of human sexual behaviour: insights from lesion studies

Cited by 123 publications

References 77 publications

Acting Out of the Ordinary: A Case of Sudden Death after Abnormal Behavior Due to a Craniopharyngioma

Acting Out of the Ordinary: A Case of Sudden Death after Abnormal Behavior Due to a Craniopharyngioma

Increased sexual arousal in patients with movement disorders

The structure of the amygdala associates with human sexual permissiveness: Evidence from voxel‐based morphometry

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