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Abstract #2006

Comparison of Brain Metabolites Changes Associated with Visual Sexual Arousal in Premenopausal and Menopausal Women: Functional MR Spectroscopy

Tae-Hoon Kim1, Gwang-Woo Jeong1,2, Han-Su Baek1, Gwang-Won Kim1, Heoung-Keun Kang2, Jong-Chul Yang3, Kwangsung Park4

1Interdisplinary Program of Biomedical Engineering, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of; 2Radiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of; 3Psychiatry, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Chonbuk, Korea, Republic of; 4Urology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of


With menopause, women underwent changes of overall hormones, leading to functional changes of organs. A majority of menopausal women experience some exchanges in sexual function. Using fMRI technique, menopausal a few papers concerning differential brain activation patterns between premenopausal and menopausal women were published. However, it is unclear how brain metabolite change in menopause affects sexual arousal.