May 10, 2009

Sex love and Viagra



Viagra can help men to fall in love? It is not impossible! American researchers have just shown that Viagra promotes the secretion of oxytocin, the "attachment hormone".

Viagra you know? The famous Blue Pills been developed to help men suffering from erectile dysfunction to carry out their sex. But a new U.S. study may expand the scope of this medication to ... love! Researchers have shown that sildenafil, the active ingredient of Viagra, boost the synthesis of oxytocin, a hormone promoting appreciation and love!

Viagra stimulates How Does erections? Different chemical messengers involved in triggering and maintaining an erection. Among them CGMP (cyclic guanosine monophosphate) is essential because it leads to a relaxation of smooth muscles of corpora cavernosa and causes the blood flow into the penis. Some enzymes called phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) degrades the CGMP. Sildenafil citrate acts specifically by inhibiting these enzymes to act, which increases CGMP concentrations in smooth muscle cells. Result: smooth muscle relaxes and blood flows into the corpora cavernosa. Viagra helps to achieve and maintain an erection.

Dr. Meyer Jackson, a professor of physiology at the University of Wisconsin, has shown that sildenafil acts on the brain areas responsible for the synthesis of oxytocin. This substance, also called "molecule of the link, play an important role in the ability to maintain healthy and sustainable relationship with a partner. Best known for his roles in the onset of delivery or flow of breast milk, this hormone is released during orgasm and promote the emotional bond with the partner. Boost in the secretion of oxytocin, Viagra could help people to fall in love.

Finally, it is for now only in rats that this effect has been demonstrated by researchers! But the mechanism is probably the same in humans, "said Dr. Jackson. The laboratory Pfizer may have to lengthen the list of side effects: gastrointestinal disorders, headaches, dizziness and ... at risk of falling in love!

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