ORIGINAL RESEARCH-INTERSEX AND GENDER IDENTITY DISORDERS: Specific Cerebral Activation due to Visual Erotic Stimuli in Male-to-Female Transsexuals Compared with Male and Female Controls: An fMRI Study

We revealed a cerebral activation pattern in MTF transsexuals compared with male controls similar to female controls compared with male controls during viewing of erotic stimuli, indicating a tendency of female-like cerebral processing in transsexualism. Gizewski ER, Krause E, Schlamann M, Happich F, Ladd ME, Forsting M, and Senf W. Specific cerebral activation due to visual erotic stimuli in male-to-female transsexuals compared with male and female controls: An fMRI study. J Sex Med 2009;6:440-448.