Physical contact between people releases what horomone?

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BigToque

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I read a document about why physical contact (no matter how minimal) makes males (and especially females) become aroused.

I don't remember what horomone it caused the release of.
 
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BrianH1

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Studies in animals have shown that such pleasant physical contact leads to a rise in oxytocin levels--a hormone that seems to help form secure


google is your friend.
 
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MX2

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Originally posted by: BigToque
I really am looking for an answer guys...
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Guess my answer wasnt good enough for you.

From Wiki...

Human pheromones

Some commercially-available substances are advertised using claims that the products contain sexual pheromones and can act as an aphrodisiac. These often lack credence due to an excessive marketing of pheromones by unsolicited e-mail. Moreover, despite claims to the contrary, no defined pheromonal substance has ever been demonstrated to influence human behaviour in a peer reviewed, published study.

Nevertheless, a few well-controlled scientific studies have been published demonstrating the possibility of pheromones in humans. The best-studied case involves the synchronization of menstrual cycles among women based on unconscious odor cues (the so called McClintock effect, named after the primary investigator). This study states that there are two types of pheromone involved: "One, produced prior to ovulation, shortens the ovarian cycle, and the second, produced just at ovulation, lengthens the cycle". This is analogous to the Whitten effect [1] [2], a male pheromone mediated modulation of estrus observed in mice. Other studies have suggested that people might be using odor cues associated with the immune system to select mates who are not closely related to themselves. (see Disassortative sexual selection)

Pheromones in humans are postulated to be produced by the apocrine glands. The apocrine glands become functional after reaching puberty which, some believe, could contribute to people developing a sexual attraction for others at that time. Pheromone detection has also been proposed to be the reason why a person can sense "chemistry", or feel an instant attraction or dislike when first meeting someone.

Using a brain imaging technique, Swedish researchers have shown that homosexual and heterosexual men respond differently to two odours that may be involved in sexual arousal, and that the gay men respond in the same way as women. This research suggests a possible role for human pheromones in the biological basis of sexual orientation.
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JujuFish

JujuFish

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Originally posted by: MX2times
Originally posted by: BigToque
I really am looking for an answer guys...
Click to expand...

Guess my answer wasnt good enough for you.

From Wiki...

Human pheromones

Some commercially-available substances are advertised using claims that the products contain sexual pheromones and can act as an aphrodisiac. These often lack credence due to an excessive marketing of pheromones by unsolicited e-mail. Moreover, despite claims to the contrary, no defined pheromonal substance has ever been demonstrated to influence human behaviour in a peer reviewed, published study.

Nevertheless, a few well-controlled scientific studies have been published demonstrating the possibility of pheromones in humans. The best-studied case involves the synchronization of menstrual cycles among women based on unconscious odor cues (the so called McClintock effect, named after the primary investigator). This study states that there are two types of pheromone involved: "One, produced prior to ovulation, shortens the ovarian cycle, and the second, produced just at ovulation, lengthens the cycle". This is analogous to the Whitten effect [1] [2], a male pheromone mediated modulation of estrus observed in mice. Other studies have suggested that people might be using odor cues associated with the immune system to select mates who are not closely related to themselves. (see Disassortative sexual selection)

Pheromones in humans are postulated to be produced by the apocrine glands. The apocrine glands become functional after reaching puberty which, some believe, could contribute to people developing a sexual attraction for others at that time. Pheromone detection has also been proposed to be the reason why a person can sense "chemistry", or feel an instant attraction or dislike when first meeting someone.

Using a brain imaging technique, Swedish researchers have shown that homosexual and heterosexual men respond differently to two odours that may be involved in sexual arousal, and that the gay men respond in the same way as women. This research suggests a possible role for human pheromones in the biological basis of sexual orientation.
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And you just showed why your answer wasn't good enough. Nowhere in that quoted text from Wiki does it state that the pheromones are produced on contact, which is what the OP was asking about.
 
Fritzo

Fritzo

Lifer
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Everyone knows that the only way to make a horomone is if you don't pay her.




*joke circa 1967
 
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