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Neural correlates of intimate picture stimuli in females

Armin HartmannOliver TüscherAndreas JoosLukas HolovicsSimon MaierLinda Van ZutphenLudger Tebartz Van ElstAlmut ZeeckJulia SpiegelbergGitta A. Jacob

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Sexual BehaviorEmotionsNeuroscience (miscellaneous)Young Adult03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineNeuroimagingFunctional neuroimagingPhotographyHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingInternational Affective Picture SystemCerebral CortexNeural correlates of consciousnessFunctional NeuroimagingCognitionFusiform face areaLoveMagnetic Resonance ImagingHealthy Volunteers030227 psychiatryPsychiatry and Mental healthFemaleArousalPsychologyPhotic Stimulation030217 neurology & neurosurgeryCognitive psychologyPsychopathology

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Jacob et al. (2011) previously reported on intimate picture stimuli for emotion research in females in Psychiatry Research. Difficulties to engage in intimate relations constitute problems of many mental disorders, and intimacy must be differentiated from pure sex drive. Functional neuroimaging is an important tool to understand the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders. We now studied cerebral activation in response to intimate stimuli in 35 healthy women. Comparison stimuli were taken from the International Affective Picture System. Neuroimaging revealed increased activation in bilateral occipitotemporal, parietal and anterior cingulate cortices extending to the orbitofrontal area. These data reflect cognitive, emotional and motivational compounds congruent with previous neuroimaging data of attachment and long term romantic relationships. Lateral prefrontal, posterior insular regions and the fusiform face area were more active during control images. Our data present a solid basis for use in psychiatric samples.

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2018-03-30Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.01.003