Temel Yasin, Hafizi Sepehr, Tan Sonny, Visser-Vandewalle Veerle
Department of Neuro-surgery, European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), University Hospital Maastricht, P. O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, Netherlands.
Asian J Androl. 2006 May;8(3):259-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00110.x.
In contrast to the spinal control of erection, relatively little is known about the brain control. In the present review, we have outlined the role of brain structures involved in penile erection and provided a synopsis on the brain circuit of erection. Findings from both animal and human studies are discussed. Evidence suggests that the most important structures are the frontal lobe, cingulate gyrus, amygdala, thalamus and hypothalamus. Within the brain circuit of erection, the thalamus serves as a gate-controller in which all relevant information is evaluated and further processed to higher and lower centres.
与勃起的脊髓控制相比，人们对大脑控制的了解相对较少。在本综述中，我们概述了参与阴茎勃起的脑结构的作用，并提供了勃起脑回路的概要。讨论了来自动物和人类研究的结果。证据表明，最重要的结构是额叶、扣带回、杏仁核、丘脑和下丘脑。在勃起的脑回路中，丘脑充当门控控制器，所有相关信息在此进行评估，并进一步传递到更高和更低级的中枢进行处理。
