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Endogenous opioid release following orgasm in man: A combined PET-fMRI study
Patrick Jern, Jinglu Chen, Jouni Tuisku…·Lauri Nummenmaa
This study uses PET and fMRI to show endogenous opioid release in the hippocampus and increased hemodynamic activity in brain regions associated with sexual arousal following orgasm.