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The whole versus the sum of some of the parts: toward resolving the apparent controversy of clitoral versus vaginal orgasms.

Author(s): Pfaus JG, Quintana GR, Mac Cionnaith C, Parada M

Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol. 2016;6:32578 Authors: Pfaus JG, Quintana GR, Mac Cionnaith C, Parada M

Article GUID: 27791968
The role of orgasm in the development and shaping of partner preferences.

Author(s): Coria-Avila GA, Herrera-Covarrubias D, Ismail N, Pfaus JG

Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol. 2016;6:31815 Authors: Coria-Avila GA, Herrera-Covarrubias D, Ismail N, Pfaus JG

Article GUID: 27799080
Do rats have orgasms?

Author(s): Pfaus JG, Scardochio T, Parada M, Gerson C, Quintana GR, Coria-Avila GA

Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol. 2016;6:31883 Authors: Pfaus JG, Scardochio T, Parada M, Gerson C, Quintana GR, Coria-Avila GA

Article GUID: 27799081
Title:The role of orgasm in the development and shaping of partner preferences.
Authors:Coria-Avila GA,  Herrera-Covarrubias D,  Ismail N,  Pfaus JG
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27799080?dopt=Abstract
Category:Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol
PMID:27799080
Dept Affiliation: CSBN
1 Centro de Investigaciones Cerebrales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico; gcoria@uv.mx.
2 Centro de Investigaciones Cerebrales, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico.
3 School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
4 Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

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The role of orgasm in the development and shaping of partner preferences.

Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol. 2016;6:31815

Authors: Coria-Avila GA, Herrera-Covarrubias D, Ismail N, Pfaus JG

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The effect of orgasm on the development and shaping of partner preferences may involve a catalysis of the neurochemical mechanisms of bonding. Therefore, understanding such process is relevant for neuroscience and psychology.

METHODS: A systematic review was carried out using the terms Orgasm, Sexual Reward, Partner Preference, Pair Bonding, Brain, Learning, Sex, Copulation.

RESULTS: In humans, concentrations of arousing neurotransmitters and potential bonding neurotransmitters increase during orgasm in the cerebrospinal fluid and the bloodstream. Similarly, studies in animals indicate that those neurotransmitters (noradrenaline, oxytocin, prolactin) and others (e.g. dopamine, opioids, serotonin) modulate the appetitive and consummatory phases of sexual behavior and reward. This suggests a link between the experience of orgasm/sexual reward and the neurochemical mechanisms of pair bonding. Orgasm/reward functions as an unconditioned stimulus (UCS). Some areas in the nervous system function as UCS-detection centers, which become activated during orgasm. Partner-related cues function as conditioned stimuli (CS) and are processed in CS-detector centers.

CONCLUSIONS: Throughout the article, we discuss how UCS- and CS-detection centers must interact to facilitate memory consolidation and produce recognition and motivation during future social encounters.

PMID: 27799080 [PubMed]