Vol 2, No 1 (2004)
Review paper
Published online: 2004-03-19
Neurogenic causes of erectile dysfunction
Marek Sawka
Seksuologia Polska 2004;2(1):13-17.
Vol 2, No 1 (2004)
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Published online: 2004-03-19
Abstract
Under the diseases of the central nervous system occurs all kind of sexual dysfunctions. Neurogenical
erectile dysfunctions are divided to ones which come from spinal cord and ones which come from brain.
Main causes of erectile dysfunctions coming from brain are: brain tumours, skull and brain injuries, brain
apoplexy, chronical degenerate diseases and stupor, epilepsy, infections of the central nerve system.
In neurogenical erection mechanism very important parts are: temporal lobe, limbic system and hypothalamus.
These are the areas which are responsible for sexual beheaviour. The medical pre-optic area and
the paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus are count as the central centers of erection. Then the impulses
are conveyed by the core extended, spinal cord to the center of erection in spinal cord. From here
through lower plexus under stomach by the parasympathetic fibres of pelvic nerves they get to erectional
nerves and to the corpus cavernosum and to the corpus spongiosum.
Abstract
Under the diseases of the central nervous system occurs all kind of sexual dysfunctions. Neurogenical
erectile dysfunctions are divided to ones which come from spinal cord and ones which come from brain.
Main causes of erectile dysfunctions coming from brain are: brain tumours, skull and brain injuries, brain
apoplexy, chronical degenerate diseases and stupor, epilepsy, infections of the central nerve system.
In neurogenical erection mechanism very important parts are: temporal lobe, limbic system and hypothalamus.
These are the areas which are responsible for sexual beheaviour. The medical pre-optic area and
the paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus are count as the central centers of erection. Then the impulses
are conveyed by the core extended, spinal cord to the center of erection in spinal cord. From here
through lower plexus under stomach by the parasympathetic fibres of pelvic nerves they get to erectional
nerves and to the corpus cavernosum and to the corpus spongiosum.
Keywords
diseases of central nervous system; erectile dysfunction
Title
Neurogenic causes of erectile dysfunction
Journal
Seksuologia Polska (Polish Sexology)
Issue
Vol 2, No 1 (2004)
Article type
Review paper
Pages
13-17
Published online
2004-03-19
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Seksuologia Polska 2004;2(1):13-17.
Keywords
diseases of central nervous system
erectile dysfunction
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