On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Stephen Black went:
> what I thought was particularly interesting was the claim attributed
> to Floyd Bloom that males have higher levels than females,
I think Floyd has some reading to do. According to Carmichael et al.
(1987), baseline plasma oxytocin levels were higher in 13 women than
in 9 men (2.5 vs. 1.9 picograms/mL). The women also underwent a
larger increase during orgasm (mean increases were 75% for women
vs. 32% for men).
> I've shown some chutzpah in firing off an e-mail to C. Carter
I admire his work on _The X-Files_, _Millennium_, and _Harsh Realm_.
Heh.
--David Epstein
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Source:
Carmichael MS, Humbert R, Dixen J, Palmisano G, Greenleaf W, and
Davidson JM. Plasma oxytocin increases in the human sexual response.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 64(1): 27-31, 1987.
