title: Oxytocin and sexual behavior.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000502:physiology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010121:Oxytocin