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Review
. 1992 Summer;16(2):131-44.
doi: 10.1016/s0149-7634(05)80176-9.

Oxytocin and sexual behavior

C S Carter  1
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Review

Oxytocin and sexual behavior

C S Carter. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 1992 Summer.

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.

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