Orgasm-induced prolactin secretion: feedback control of sexual drive?

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  2002

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  Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

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  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/S0149-7634(01)00036-7PMID 11835982
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