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SUBMITTER: Yang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7098781 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Lisa L Demetriou Lysia L Wall Matthew B MB Mills Edouard Ga EG Zargaran David D Sykes Mark M Prague Julia K JK Abbara Ali A Owen Bryn M BM Bassett Paul A PA Rabiner Eugenii A EA Comninos Alexander N AN Dhillo Waljit S WS
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Successful reproduction is a fundamental physiological process that relies on the integration of sensory cues of attraction with appropriate emotions and behaviors and the reproductive axis. However, the factors responsible for this integration remain largely unexplored. Using functional neuroimaging, hormonal, and psychometric analyses, we demonstrate that the reproductive hormone kisspeptin enhances brain activity in response to olfactory and visual cues of attraction in men. Furthermore, the ...[more]