Volume 2, issue 3
Zagadnienia seksuologii
Brain stem auditory evoked potentials in the gender disapproval syndrome
Waldemar Szelenberger1, KAZIMIERZ IMIELIŃSKI2, STANISŁAW DULKO2, KRZYSZTOF SKUBIS1, Michał Skalski1
1. I Kliniki Psychiatrycznej Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie
2. Zakładu Seksuologii i Patologii Więzi Międzyludzkich CMKP w Warszawie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1993, 2, 255-258
Keywords: brain stem auditory evoked potentials, gender disapproval syndrome
Abstract
Subjects in the study were 57 female-to-male transsexuals, as well as 25 men and 21 women of heterosexual orientation. BAEP morphology at the brain s stem level was found to be congruent with the subjects' biological sex and not with their psychological orientation. The findings indicate that in disorders connected with transsexualism higher levels of the central nervous system are involved.
Address for correspondence:
Prof. Waldemar Szelenberger,
l Klinika Psychiatryczna AM,
ul. Nowowiejska 27, 00-665 Warszawa