Ụmụ nwoke na ụmụ nwanyị dị iche na nzaghachi amygdala na mmekorita nke mmekọahụ (2004)

Nat Neurosci. 2004 Eprel; 7 (4): 411-6 . Epub 2004 Maachị 7.

Haman S1, Herman RA, Nolan CL, Wallen K.

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Men are generally more interested in and responsive to visual sexually arousing stimuli than are women. Here we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to show that the amygdala and hypothalamus are more strongly activated in men than in women when viewing identical sexual stimuli. This was true even when women reported greater arousal. Sex differences were specific to the sexual nature of the stimuli, were restricted primarily to limbic regions, and were larger in the left amygdala than the right amygdala. Ụmụ nwoke na ụmụ nwanyị gosipụtara ụkpụrụ mgbakwasa yiri nke ahụ n'ofe mpaghara ụbụrụ ụbụrụ, gụnyere mpaghara ventral striatal gụnyere ụgwọ ọrụ. Nchoputa anyi na-egosi na amygdala na-eme ka ndiiche di iche iche na-anabata ihe na-akpali agụụ mmekọahụ na nke ndu; amygdala nke mmadụ nwekwara ike ịgbazite oke ọrụ a na-akọ na mkpali anya na omume mmekọahụ nwoke, na-ejikọta nchoputa anụmanụ tupu oge eruo.