Brain Activation Patterns during Sexual Arousal: A Comparative Time-Course Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study in Postoperative Female-to-Male Transgender Individuals, Cisgender Men, and Premenopausal Women
These findings suggest that both the brain activation patterns during visual sexual arousal and the hormone levels in FtM transgender individuals more closely resemble those of cisgender men than cisgender women. Our findings would be helpful for further understanding of the interrelationship between gender identity and biological sex in FtM transgender individuals by examining time-resolved brain activation patterns in connection with sex hormone levels.
Authors
- Kwangsung Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8827-162X)
- Gwang-Won Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7148-715X)
- Gwang‐Woo Jeong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0621-3168)
- Mina Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8315-5161)
- Ho Seok Chung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9883-1539)
- Hyun-Suk Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3374-9435)
Institutions
- Chonnam National University (KR)
- Chonnam National University Hospital (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The World Journal of Men s Health
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.250205
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation