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Originally shared by Ward Plunet

Sexual activity increases Neurogenesis and Cognitive function in middle aged rats

You heard it here first :)

Sexual experience enhanced the number of newly generated neurons in the dentate gyrus with both single and repeated exposures in middle-aged rats. Following continuous long-term exposure to sexual experience, cognitive function was improved.

However, need to keep this in mind.

However, when a prolonged withdrawal period was introduced between the final mating experience and behavioral testing, the improvements in cognitive function were lost despite the presence of more new neurons.

paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23460298

image: http://highqualitylovewallpaper.blogspot.ca/2011/08/couple-in-love.html

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