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Patterns of Brain Activation during Visually Evoked Sexual Arousal Differ between Homosexual and Heterosexual Men

S.-h. Hu, N. Wei, Q.-D. Wang, L.-q. Yan, E.-Q. Wei, M.-M. Zhang, J.-B. Hu, M.-l. Huang, W.-h. Zhou and Y. Xu
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2008, 29 (10) 1890-1896; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1260
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