Hypersexual disorder, or sex addiction, in males is associated with higher levels of oxytocin within the blood.
From eroding the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain critical for impulse control, to damaging the dopamine reward system, researchers evaluate the impact of viewing pornography on the brain.
Study implicates dysregulation of epigenetic mechanisms of both DNA methylation and microRNA activity, in addition to oxytocin to hypersexuality.
A new study links hypersexual disorder to hyperactive stress systems.
A new neuroimaging study finds pornography triggers brain activity of sex addicts much the same way as drugs trigger the brains of drug addicts.
