Synergy Explorers
  • Home
  • Get started
    • What is Synergy?
    • Do I need Synergy?
    • Free audio course
    • Free SYNERGY chapter
    • Frequently asked questions
    • About us
    • Press Release
  • Traditions
    • 2000 CE – Present
    • 1960 CE – 2000 CE
    • 1940 CE – 1960 CE
    • 1900 CE – 1940 CE
    • 1800 CE – 1900 CE
    • 1400 CE – 1800 CE
    • 400 CE – 1400 CE
    • 1 CE – 400 CE
    • Earlier Writings
  • Research
    • Evidence relevant to Synergy
      • Benefits of intimacy
        • Physiological
        • Psychological
        • Animal studies
      • Costs of disharmony
      • Costs of isolation
      • Shifts after sex
        • Too much?
        • Post-climax cravings
    • Pair bonding
      • Human pair bonding
      • Honeymoon neurochemistry
      • Coolidge effect (habituation)
      • Competing stimuli
      • Neurobiology of pair bonding
    • Neurochemical cycle after climax
      • Dopamine
        • Dopamine and sexual behaviour
        • Dopamine and mood, cognition, cravings and perception
      • Oxytocin and climax
      • Arousal (non-dopamine)
      • Post-climax effects
        • Dopamine
        • Androgen receptors and serum testosterone
        • Opioids
        • Endocannabinoids
        • Serotonin
        • Prolactin
        • Glutamate
        • Other physiological shifts
      • Sex and drug use overlap
      • Sexual learning and brain plasticity
  • Blogs
    • Want to blog?
    • Blogging guidelines
    • Blog archive
  • Community
    • Forum
    • Login
    • Logout
  • Search
Post-climax effects – Androgen receptors and serum testosterone
  1. Home
  2. Research
  3. Neurochemical cycle after climax
  4. Post-climax effects
  5. Post-climax effects – Androgen receptors and serum testosterone

Androgen receptors and serum testosteroneHumans appear to have built-in mechanisms that encourage a period of recovery after sexual satiety. Interestingly, animal studies reveal that androgen receptors (which respond to testosterone) temporarily decline with each ejaculation, suppressing libido for some period of time.

Human

[Periodic changes in serum testosterone levels after ejaculation in men]

Orgasmic frequency and plasma testosterone levels in normal human males

Endocrine response to masturbation-induced orgasm in healthy men following a 3-week sexual abstinence

Androgen Regulation of the Mesocorticolimbic System and Executive Function

Animal

Anabolic androgens restore mating after sexual satiety in male rats

Changes in the sexual behavior and testosterone levels of male rats in response to daily interactions with estrus females

Effects of testosterone metabolites on copulation and medial preoptic dopamine release in castrated male rats

Hormonal responses to different sexually related conditions in male rats

Relationship Between Sexual Satiety and Brain Androgen Receptors

Relationship between sexual satiety and motivation, brain androgen receptors and testosterone in male mandarin voles

Sexual Behavior Reduces Hypothalamic Androgen Receptor Immunoreactivity

Testosterone restoration of copulatory behavior correlates with medial preoptic dopamine release in castrated male rats

 

 

Synergy - The Book

Download an excerpt from chapter 1 completely free.

Synergy lovemaking (“Synergy”) is a radically different, playful approach to sex in intimate relationships, an approach you and a partner can explore to see if it yields benefits.

Synergy - The Book
Download “Synergy – The Book Chapter One”

Synergy Explorers Follow 200 29

Explore the conscious, careful cultivation of sexual energy to enhance and sustain intimate relationships, expand awareness and improve wellbeing.

SynergyExplore1
SynergyExplore1 avatar; Synergy Explorers @SynergyExplore1 ·
21 Sep 1704832054943154581

A brave psychiatrist's letter to the New York Times about post-orgasm depression:

Image for twitter card

Sex and Depression: In the Brain, if Not the Mind

As everyone knows, sex feels good.Or does it? In recent years, I've come across several patients for whom sex is...

synergyexplorers.org

Reply on Twitter 1704832054943154581 Retweet on Twitter 1704832054943154581 0 Like on Twitter 1704832054943154581 0 Twitter 1704832054943154581
SynergyExplore1 avatar; Synergy Explorers @SynergyExplore1 ·
19 Sep 1704068290857845060

Need to explain Synergy lovemaking to someone?

Image for twitter card

The magic of contentment (not satiety)

You can protect your mutual sexual desire from the ravages of your mammalian evolutionary programming. Avoid sexual satiety.

synergyexplorers.org

Reply on Twitter 1704068290857845060 Retweet on Twitter 1704068290857845060 0 Like on Twitter 1704068290857845060 0 Twitter 1704068290857845060
More tweets ...
Synergy Explorers Free Audio Class
Synergy Explorers

Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
Mission
Organisation
Activities
Terms & Conditions
Medical Information Disclaimer

© 2022 Synergy Explorers                                  Synergy Explorers is a registered charity: SC049660