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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: mriver8 on 23/02/2015 23:32:27

Title: What area of the brain controls arosal?
Post by: mriver8 on 23/02/2015 23:32:27

And do you suppose it's possible to increase electrical activity at this licale?

Title: Re: What area of the brain controls arosal?
Post by: evan_au on 24/02/2015 09:52:22

What sort of arousal do you mean?

• Waking from sleep? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep#Stimulants)
  
• Eating or sexual arousal? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasympathetic_nervous_system)
  
• Fight or Flight response? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_nervous_system) 
• Others? 

Title: Re: What area of the brain controls arosal?
Post by: mriver8 on 25/02/2015 00:49:23

Sexual

Title: Re: What area of the brain controls arosal?
Post by: alancalverd on 25/02/2015 07:50:53

Then it's that part of the brain located in the pelvis. According to the internet, there are many, many ways of increasing its activity, some of which may be illegal in some jurisdictions.