01:920:340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Aphrodisiac, Antiandrogen, Hypogonadism
13 Nov 2016
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Taste plays a minor role: partly influenced by industry advertisements. Hearing plays a variable role: some find sound arousal, other prefer silence. Substance believe to arouse sexual desire or increase capacity for sexual activity: foods, drugs, and alcohol. No clear evidence of genuine aphrodisiac qualities: role of expectations: if a person believes something will improve their sex life, it is often translated into subjective enhancement pleasure. Opiates, tranquilizers, antihypertensive, antidepressants, etc: birth control pills. Reduce blood levels of free testosterone: nicotine. Produced by testes, adrenal glands, and ovaries: estrogen. Produced by ovaries and testes: women and men produce both types. Neuropeptide hormones: oxytocin hormone released by the pituitary gland that causes increased contraction of the uterus during labor, influence of sexual response, sensuality, erotic emotions and attractions. Testosterone: linked to sexual desire and genital sensitivity, castration leads to reduced sexual desire, antiandrogen drugs reduce testosterone, hypogonadism is a testosterone deficiency that results from certain endocrine system disease.
