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INCREASE IN OXYTOCIN SECRETION AT EJACULATION IN MALE
Author(s) -
OGAWA SATSUKI,
KUDO SHINICHI,
KITSUNAI YOSHIICHI,
FUKUCHI SOITU
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1980.tb01027.x
Subject(s) - oxytocin , ejaculation , endocrinology , medicine , secretion , sperm motility , sperm , spermatogenesis , biology , andrology
SUMMARY In this study changes in plasma oxytocin levels were determined before and after ejaculation in patients with abnormal spermatogenesis. Plasma oxytocin levels rose significantly after ejaculation ( P <0·001, n = 17) There was no obvious correlation between plasma oxytocin levels and sperm count, sperm motility or the number of abnormal forms. Oxytocin may play a role in the precipitation of ejaculation in males.