The interest in studying the neural circuits related to mating behavior and mate choice in monogamous species lies in the parallels found between human social structure and sexual behavior and that of other mammals that exhibit social monogamy, potentially expanding our understanding of human neurobiology and its underlying mechanisms. Stanford medicine investigators have mapped out a dedicated brain circuit in male mice that is tripped off by the presence of a female mouse, lighting the fires of sexual desire and inducing mating activity and the satisfaction derived from it. Far from being a simple issue of hormones, sexual desire and orgasm are subject to various influences on the brain and nervous system, which controls the sex glands and genitals. This part of the brain also assigns emotional significance to the incoming erotic stimuli It acts as a sexual control center. The brain’s limbic system, which governs emotion, interacts closely with the hypothalamus and autonomic nervous system to prepare the body for sexual climax
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