Simple Summary Being in love is a powerful emotional experience that is uniquely human;
however, animal models of pair bonding provide insights into the neurobiological processes …

Although mechanisms of mate preference are thought to be relatively hard-wired,
experience with appetitive and consummatory sexual reward has been shown to condition …

A growing body of literature has suggested that intranasal oxytocin (OT) or other systemic
routes of administration can alter prosocial behavior, presumably by directly activating OT …

Background The effect of orgasm on the development and shaping of partner preferences
may involve a catalysis of the neurochemical mechanisms of bonding. Therefore …

Introduction Female sexual function reflects a dynamic interplay of central and peripheral
nervous, vascular, and endocrine systems. The primary challenge in the development of …

The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) regulates social behavior in sex-specific ways across
species. OT has promising effects on alleviating social deficits in sex-biased …

Social play is a highly rewarding and motivated behaviour predominately displayed by
juveniles and expressed by nearly all mammalian species. Prior work suggested that the …

Psychosexual therapy has undergone numerous developments since the introduction of
behavioural therapy for sexual difficulties by Masters and Johnson in the 1960s. We argue …

Background Although humans experience orgasms with a degree of statistical regularity,
they remain among the most enigmatic of sexual responses; difficult to define and even …

Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (VP) are considered to be principal neurochemical
substrates of bonding in monogamous species. We have reported previously that …