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Sexual Appetite, Desire and Motivation: Energetics of the Sexual System

Archives of Sexual Behavior,  December, 2004  by Anders Agmo

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Sexual Appetite, Desire and Motivation: Energetics of the Sexual System. Edited by Walter Everaerd, Ellen Laan, and Stephanie Both. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, 2001, 146 pp., Euro 36.00.

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Sex behavior in nonhuman animals has been experimentally studied for more than 200 years. Our understanding of the endocrine and neural bases for this behavior has seen tremendous progress. Even the molecular mechanisms involved in the activation of sexual behavior by gonadal hormones are beginning to be uncovered. The role of early experience, both with regard to exposure to sex hormones and with regard to social environment, ...