from the coming-to-a-pheromone-near-you? dept.
Site of male sexual desire uncovered in brain:
The locus of male sexual desire has been uncovered in specific regions of brain tissue where a key gene named aromatase is present, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study in mice.
[...] "This is the first key finding to explain how testosterone stimulates sexual desire," said senior author Dr. Serdar Bulun, chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Medicine. "For the first time, we demonstrated conclusively that the conversion of testosterone to estrogen in the brain is critical to maintain full sexual activity or desire in males. Aromatase drives that."
When Northwestern scientists knocked out aromatase selectively in the brain, sexual activity in male mice decreased by 50%, despite their having higher levels of blood testosterone levels (compared with control male mice).
If a normal male mouse is put with a female one, Bulun said, "it would chase after her and try to have sex with her. If you knock out the aromatase gene in the brain, their sexual activity is significantly reduced. There is less frequency of mating. The male mice are not that interested."
The finding can contribute to new treatments for disorders of sexual desire, the scientists said.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 13 2020, @12:03PM (5 children)
Multiple sites of male sexual desire discovered on internet. News at 11, keep web browser at hand.
No at other hand, you very well know why.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 13 2020, @01:18PM (3 children)
The problem was, all these years they were looking for the location in the brain for sexual desire in women's brains. That's why it was so hard to find.
They're still looking, by the way.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 13 2020, @01:57PM (1 child)
There is no female one. They desire economic benefits only.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Monday September 14 2020, @05:44PM
This is why you can't get laid.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Monday September 14 2020, @03:33AM
Also, looking for the site of male sexual desire in the brain is nonsensical, it's located about 2 feet vertically below the brain.
(Score: 2) by crb3 on Sunday September 13 2020, @01:28PM
Why you think the Net was born?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 13 2020, @02:42PM (4 children)
If a normal male mouse is put with a female one, Bulun said, "it would chase after her and try to have sex with her.“
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 13 2020, @03:30PM (2 children)
If that male mouse were smart, it would do everything it could to escape from captivity, and forget that female mice even exist.
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Sunday September 13 2020, @03:51PM
Mice Going Their Own Way
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 14 2020, @05:00AM
In Soviet Russia, porn clicks on mice.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 13 2020, @09:39PM
And if ten normal male mice are put with a female one, it will be a most spectacular gangbang session.
I had observed this at the local pet store, where a female happened to be misgendered by accident or something. Once one male got his rocks off, the next one set up for service. And it didn't seem like any of the male mice needed a break.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 13 2020, @02:50PM
Did they finish the experiment and put him in there with another male? Or maybe something from a different species... or a pot of warm mashed potatoes
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Sunday September 13 2020, @03:53PM
It really could have stopped there :-p
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 3, Insightful) by barbara hudson on Sunday September 13 2020, @05:21PM
It's an enzyme. This is a pretty basic error.
Just because the site quoted got it wrong doesn't mean that something this simple should get through the editing process.
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(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Sunday September 13 2020, @07:12PM (2 children)
Can't wait to see how the courts will handle this one. "He's not guilty of rape, he's got a brain issue!"
Let's hope that accountability still exists as a concept in a few years, rather than the prevailing perspective of resentment in today's mainstream.
(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Sunday September 13 2020, @10:31PM
If an aromatase inhibitor was developed that reduced sex drive in humans, then maybe an offender could get a plea deal on the condition that they undergo such treatment. That's probably the only scenario where courts would be concerned with this subject.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 14 2020, @03:43AM
You have obviously never been to court.
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 13 2020, @11:29PM (1 child)
SNARK
What then will be the purpose of women ? If I don't want to have sex with one what else is there to do ? We have nothing in common. She hates sports and competition, I hate fashion and shoes. I guess there is food...not much to base a relationship on....
/SNARK
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday September 14 2020, @05:47PM
I'll take her. I also don't give two shits about grown men running around with a sportsball.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday September 14 2020, @01:10PM (1 child)
Lower. The site is lower.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by etherscythe on Tuesday September 15 2020, @12:40PM
Oh no, that IS the male brain. They got it right.
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