Oxytocin and sexual behavior.
The neurohypophyseal hormone oxytocin has been implicated in many aspects of reproduction including sexual behavior. This review considers the hypotheses that oxytocin and/or the neural events surrounding the release of oxytocin may have behavioral effects during sexual arousal, orgasm, sexual satiety and other aspects of sociosexual interactions.
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Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000502:physiology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*
D010121:Oxytocin