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"Coria-Avila GA" Authored Publications:

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1 Appetitive olfactory conditioning in the neonatal male rat facilitates subsequent sexual partner preference. Ménard S, Gelez H, Jacubovitch M, Coria-Avila GA, Pfaus JG 32919208
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2 Conditioning of Sexual Interests and Paraphilias in Humans Is Difficult to See, Virtually Impossible to Test, and Probably Exactly How It Happens: A Comment on Hsu and Bailey (2020). Pfaus JG, Quintana GR, Mac Cionnaith CE, Gerson CA, Dubé S, Coria-Avila GA 32462414
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3 Neurobiology of social attachments. Coria-Avila GA, Manzo J, Garcia LI, Carrillo P, Miquel M, Pfaus JG 24769402
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4 The role of orgasm in the development and shaping of partner preferences. Coria-Avila GA, Herrera-Covarrubias D, Ismail N, Pfaus JG 27799080
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5 Do rats have orgasms? Pfaus JG, Scardochio T, Parada M, Gerson C, Quintana GR, Coria-Avila GA 27799081
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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
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PMID:27799080 Category:Socioaffect Neurosci Psychol Date Added:2019-05-31
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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]




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