Neurological erectile dysfunction is the type of erectile dysfunction induced by a problem with your nervous system or damaged nerve. Your nervous system is essential to the process of sustaining an erection during and before sex. Erections begin with stimulus and arousal. When you are stimulated, nerves in your brain and pelvic area transmit signals to the erectile tissue inside your penis. These impulses end up causing the blood vessels that supply erectile tissues to dilate, raising the amount of blood flow in the penis.
Damage to your nerves from injuries or surgery, as well as neurological diseases that damage the nerves in specific parts of your body, can all cause neurological erectile dysfunction.