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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Jan 25.
Published in final edited form as: Urol Clin North Am. 2005 Nov;32(4):379–v. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2005.08.007

TABLE 1.

Brain activation centers and corresponding function

Brain activation regions Functional association
Bilateral inferior temporal cortex (right > left) Visual association area
Right insula Processes somatosensory information with motivational states
Right inferior frontal cortex Processes sensory information
Left anterior cingulate cortex Controls autonomic and neuroendocrine function
Right occipital gyrus Visual processing
Right hypothalamus Male copulatory behavior
Left caudate (the striatum) Attentional processing and guide responsiveness to new environmental stimuli