Aberrant Topological Patterns of Structural Cortical Networks in Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction.

ABSTRACT: Male sexual arousal (SA) has been known as a multidimensional experience involving closely interrelated and coordinated neurobehavioral components that rely on widespread brain regions. Recent functional neuroimaging studies have shown relation between abnormal/altered dynamics in these circuits and male sexual dysfunction. However, alterations in the topological organization of structural brain networks in male sexual dysfunction are still unclear. Here, we used graph theory to investigate the topological properties of large-scale structural brain networks, which were constructed using inter-regional correlations of cortical thickness between 78 cortical regions in 40 patients with psychogenic erectile dysfunction (pED) and 39 normal controls. Compared with normal controls, pED patients e

SUBMITTER: Zhao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4683194 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature