Seat Of Female Libido Revealed

New Scientist ^ | 6-26-2006 | Andy Coghlan

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Seat of female libido revealed

22:00 26 June 2006
NewScientist.com news service
Andy Coghlan

The precise part of the brain likely to be the seat of heterosexual desire in women has been revealed by experiments on mice.

The study confirms that the hormone oestrogen is vital for arousal, but only in the specific area of the brain called the ventromedial nucleus (VMN) in the hypothalamus.

Sonoko Ogawa of the University of Tsukuba in Japan and her collaborators in the US discovered this by blocking the effects of oestrogen exclusively in that part of the brain in mice. They did this with tiny slugs of genetic material called small hairpin RNAs designed to block production of oestrogen receptor alpha, the molecule where oestrogen docks on cells in the VMN and elsewhere in the body.

They used a harmless virus to shuttle the RNAs exclusively into the VMN, so that oestrogen signals would only be blocked there and nowhere else in the body. The effect was dramatic - the females refused to have sex.

“They became extremely aggressive towards males, and started biting and kicking when males approached,” says Ogawa. The females refused to mate and none of them showed the usual signs of sexual receptivity. By contrast, control females injected with neutral RNAs mated as usual. View a video of the normal mice (top) and those in which sexual receptivity was blocked (bottom).

[ConservativeMind]

This explains why liberal women seem to either not like sex or use it only as a weapon.

They don't have enough estrogen in the right places.

[A CA Guy]

"They used a harmless virus to shuttle the RNAs exclusively into the VMN, so that oestrogen signals would only be blocked there and nowhere else in the body. The effect was dramatic - the females refused to have sex. "

SO THE MICE ACTED MARRIED!!!!

[Anvilhead]

"The study confirms that the hormone oestrogen is vital for arousal"

I wonder if I can get this in dart form.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

We're ready for this thread!

[Jet Jaguar]

Wine seems to have the opposite effect on the VMN, I have found.

[Dumpster Baby]

" The precise part of the brain likely to be the seat of heterosexual desire in women has been revealed"

Is it shaped like a diamond? :^)

[Yo-Yo]

Seat Of Female Libido Revealed

[1rudeboy]

Don't know about that, but Federal Reserve Notes work.

[brytlea]

Rofl
susie

[razorback-bert]

I hear it now, my oestrogen alpha receptor is blocked, not tonight.

[phoenix0468]

Jeez you beat me to it, LOL.

[Lizavetta]

Conservative women are guilty of this as well.

[macamadamia]

"They became extremely aggressive towards males, and started biting and kicking when males approached"

[Gordongekko909]

Now I just have to figure out where the male sex drive comes from so I can get rid of mine. That stupid sex drive has gotten me into more trouble...

[A_perfect_lady]

Here's the seat of my libido. This man could change my screen name.

[phoenix0468]

check out the post I responded to.

[garyhope]

"Is it shaped like a diamond?"

Yes, a very LARGE diamond.

[Gordongekko909]

[DTogo]

They used a harmless virus to shuttle the RNAs exclusively into the VMN, so that oestrogen signals would only be blocked there and nowhere else in the body. The effect was dramatic - the females refused to have sex.

So which button on the remote control unblocks the RNAs??

Japan * ping * (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)

[Michael.SF.]

Boy, I can imagine the scene:

Pillow talk

He: Ahhh, wow, that was great.

She: Oh, baby was it ever. Where did you ever pick up that trick?

He: Oh, from some little white mice....

She: What, #%#!!XXX #!! you perverted #%**XX. I have never #@**XXX......

[Screamname]

"They used a harmless virus to shuttle the RNAs exclusively into the VMN, so that oestrogen signals would only be blocked there and nowhere else in the body. The effect was dramatic - the females refused to have sex. “They became extremely aggressive towards males, and started biting and kicking when males approached,”

....similar to NYC women when males approach who make less than $500k a year.

[rod1]

So uber-liberal women are essentially brain damaged? If so that would confirm one of my hypotheses.

[Dark Skies]

This is the last straw for mice. They get all the good cancer and gene treatment and now they are ruling the female libido polls.

I am sick of dating mice...bring on the ferrets (girls only, please).

[macamadamia]

LOL

[garyhope]

"Seat Of Female Libido Revealed"

Ya beat me to it.

Of course, I was gonna say that it's in my pants, but then I have a very active imagination and fantasy life.

[ElkGroveDan]

OK, OK, now someone tell us guys how to make it work for us.

[Gordongekko909]

"in my pants" is a hillarious answer to any question you ever get asked. It always works.

[garyhope]

Oh geeze, I'm gonna have nightmares tonight.

[NativeNewYorker]

[Screamname]

Something very strange about a bunch of women dressed in pink holding up signs that say "Bush". Yeah Ok lady, you got one, now go home.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

OK, OK, now someone tell us guys how to make it work for us.

I would tell you but then I would have to kill you......

[HAL9000]

They used a harmless virus to shuttle the RNAs exclusively into the VMN, so that oestrogen signals would only be blocked there and nowhere else in the body. The effect was dramatic - the females refused to have sex.

This evil virus must be destroyed immediately.

[garyhope]

Kinda like, "I gotcha answer right here!"

[Diana in Wisconsin]

What? You want Diane Keaton's sloppy seconds? ;)

[radiohead]

ROFLMAO!!!

Works for me!

[toddlintown]

It's Penis Envy, but nonetheless, the wife has bigger gonads than me.

[Screamname]

Well by God, let`s hope Helen never loses her drive like this!

"Time for your worst nightmare I mean bed my darling!"

[Syncro]

That's true.

And some Conservative Women are quite the little liberals when it comes to morals.

No blocking of the "0"estrogen for them!

[B-Chan]

He looks like the doofus that works at the used book store near my house.

[Syncro]

You are so bad....

[RepoGirl]

Excellent taste, my dear. He can't act his way out of a paper bag--but he doesn't really need to.

[fanfan]

The study confirms that the hormone oestrogen is vital for arousal, but only in the specific area of the brain called the ventromedial nucleus (VMN) in the hypothalamus.

Could this be Viagra for women?

Talk, talk, talk. That's all us gals get.

Where are the drugs, man?

[fanfan]

LOL!

[Syncro]

Shameless, absolutely shameless I tell you. Keanu what I mean?

[rintense]

Mouse porn!

[EricT.]

I must be a very lucky married guy.

[Syncro]

Well they say it's the squeaky wheel that gets the....

[muir_redwoods]

I don't need to see the videos

I remember my high school years

[Syncro]

Well heck, you women don't need drugs.

Just open up the port to the ventromedial nucleus in the hypothalamus.

Hmmm, maybe drugs would be easier to find then those brain parts...