Thursday, 8 September 2011

3 papers about dopamine and sexual behaviour

Eisenberg, D. at al. 2007, Polymorphisms in the Dopamine D4 and D2 Receptor Genes and Reproductive and Sexual Behaviors, Evolutionary Psychology (abstract read only)
http://www.epjournal.net/filestore/EP05696715_corrected.pdf

Giulianoa, F. et al. 2001, Dopamine and Male Sexual Function, European Urology (abstract read only)
http://www.angelfire.com/d20/medicina_ucsm/revistas/revision/003.pdf

Garcia1, J. et al. 2010, Associations between Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene Variation with Both Infidelity and Sexual Promiscuity, PlosOne (abstract read only)
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0014162

The dopamine receptor is what antipsychotics work on. The diagnosis of schizophrenia has been used to suppress promiscious women and I guess men too though I think wanting sex was probably more of a problem for women back in the day than men. The sexual revolution changed this thankfully but sluttiness is probably still in some psychiatrists unwritten diagnostic rules.




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