Male sexual function. Impairment after right hemisphere stroke
H. B. Coslett and K. M. Heilman
If the right hemisphere is dominant for activation and this capacity is
critical for normal sexual function, one might expect to find a greater
incidence of impaired sexual function after right than after left
hemisphere stroke. We found that the prevalence of major sexual dysfunction
was significantly greater after right (9/12) than after left (4/14)
hemisphere stroke in 26 men with unilateral stroke. These data are
consistent with the hypothesis that activation is critical for sexual
function as well as the hypothesis that the right hemisphere is dominant
for sexual function.
