Sex Makes Your Brain Grow

McLuhanesque writes "The Globe and Mail is reporting the findings of two researchers that "Mating triggers the development of new neurons in the smell centre of the brain, a finding researchers hope will provide clues on how to trick other parts of the vital organ to repair themselves after injuries caused by strokes or head traumas. ... Dr. Weiss and his colleagues discovered that prolactin levels -- and consequently new neuron production -- surge after mating ... And they found that if prolactin was introduced to the blood system by injection, it also stimulated production of new neurons for the olfactory bulb." For those with a subscription to Science, the abstract of the full article is here ."

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Ya Right!

[mhandlon]

Come on the guys who got the chicks in highschool we're the ones throwing paper airplanes and spitballs @ the teachers. The guys who got the girls in college we're the frat boys buying friends and drinking themselves stupid every night doing just enough to get bye w/ an C average. Then there are the women who... given the brain designed by "the creator" were programmed to run to them with open arms. These people we're not smart... sex makes you stupider if anything... my god just look at all the trouble it gets people into there stimulated production of new neurons for the olfactory bulb we're not turned on during the dirty act or even functioning.
The majority of these people weren't that smart to begin with!