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Brain Activation during Human Male Ejaculation

Gert Holstege, Janniko R. Georgiadis, Anne M. J. Paans, Linda C. Meiners, Ferdinand H. C. E. van der Graaf and A. A. T. Simone Reinders
Journal of Neuroscience 8 October 2003, 23 (27) 9185-9193; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-27-09185.2003
Gert Holstege
1Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and 2Positron Emission Tomography Centre and Departments of 3Radiology, 4Neurology, and 5Biological Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Janniko R. Georgiadis
1Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and 2Positron Emission Tomography Centre and Departments of 3Radiology, 4Neurology, and 5Biological Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Anne M. J. Paans
1Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and 2Positron Emission Tomography Centre and Departments of 3Radiology, 4Neurology, and 5Biological Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Linda C. Meiners
1Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and 2Positron Emission Tomography Centre and Departments of 3Radiology, 4Neurology, and 5Biological Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Ferdinand H. C. E. van der Graaf
1Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and 2Positron Emission Tomography Centre and Departments of 3Radiology, 4Neurology, and 5Biological Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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A. A. T. Simone Reinders
1Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and 2Positron Emission Tomography Centre and Departments of 3Radiology, 4Neurology, and 5Biological Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-27-09185.2003
PubMed 
14534252
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History 
  • Received May 26, 2003
  • Revision received July 16, 2003
  • Accepted August 12, 2003
  • First published October 8, 2003.
  • Version of record published October 8, 2003.
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Author Information

  1. Gert Holstege1,
  2. Janniko R. Georgiadis1,
  3. Anne M. J. Paans2,
  4. Linda C. Meiners3,
  5. Ferdinand H. C. E. van der Graaf4, and
  6. A. A. T. Simone Reinders5
  1. 1Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and 2Positron Emission Tomography Centre and Departments of 3Radiology, 4Neurology, and 5Biological Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Disclosures

    • Received May 26, 2003.
    • Revision received July 16, 2003.
    • Accepted August 12, 2003.
  • We thank C. A. Jaspers (a member of the board of the University Hospital Groningen) and R. T. Meijer for their help in performing this study. We are especially indebted to members and staff of the PET and MRI centers of the Academic Hospital Groningen.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Gert Holstege, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands. E-mail: g.holstege{at}med.rug.nl.

  • Copyright © 2003 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/03/239185-09$15.00/0

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Gert Holstege, Janniko R. Georgiadis, Anne M. J. Paans, Linda C. Meiners, Ferdinand H. C. E. van der Graaf, A. A. T. Simone Reinders
Journal of Neuroscience 8 October 2003, 23 (27) 9185-9193; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-27-09185.2003

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Gert Holstege, Janniko R. Georgiadis, Anne M. J. Paans, Linda C. Meiners, Ferdinand H. C. E. van der Graaf, A. A. T. Simone Reinders
Journal of Neuroscience 8 October 2003, 23 (27) 9185-9193; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-27-09185.2003
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