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[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Male genital mutilation]]
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The bulbocavernosus reflex has been found to be delayed or absent at a higher rate than the general population of [[intact]] men in diabetic men with complaints of erectile impotence, men whose penises have been [[circumcised]], and in [[intact]] men who have permanent retraction of the [[foreskin]] behind the [[glans penis]].<ref name="podnar2012" />
Podnar cited previous research in explaining his findings. Among other works, Taylor et al. (1996) carried out a histological study of the [[foreskin]] which found large numbers of [[Meissner's corpuscles]] arranged in a [[ridged band]].<ref name="taylor1996">{{TaylorJR LockwoodAP TaylorAJ 1996}}</ref> and Sorrells et al. (2007) carried out a study of the fine-touch pressure thresholds on the human [[penis ]] and found that the most sensitive areas are all on the [[foreskin.<ref name="sorrells2007">{{Sorrells etal 2007}}</ref>
Men who have suffered the loss of their [[foreskin]] to [[amputation]] and men whose foreskin has been desensitized by permanent retraction evidently are unable to sense the stimulation necessary to trigger the penilo-cavernosus reflex.<ref name="podnar2012" />
[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]]
[[Category:Male genital mutilation]]
[[Category:Penile function]]
[[de:Geringere klinische neurophysiologische Auslösbarkeit des Penilo-cavernosus-Reflexes]]