Oxytocin in the male: an old hormone growing sexy with age.
It has long been a mystery of oxytocin research that males have similar levels of the hormone in their blood as females, but there is no known function associated with this. This review brings together some diverse literature to point out a possible role of oxytocin in the context of stress and sexuality.
McGregor
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Institut für Normale und Pathologische Physiologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany.
Lang
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D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000502:physiology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000378:metabolism
D010121:Oxytocin