Sunday, August 18, 2013

NITRIC OXIDE , SEX

NITRIC OXIDE AND SEX

During sexual arousal the brain sends impulses down the spinal cord to the nerves that serve the sex organs. This triggers the production of NITRIC OXIDE to be released from endothelium in response to acetylcholine and other vasodilators, which causes vasodilation and engorgement. As I mentioned before nitric oxide mediates the formation of GMP by glutamate stimulation and GMP signals the smooth muscles surrounding the arteries of the penis to relax and allow blood to flow into the penis. Interference with the signaling of these messenger enzymes can lead to erectile dysfunction. There is some indication that nitric oxide may also function as a sex-enhancing neurotransmitter. I consider NO to be key in amplifying nerve impulses on glutamate nerves, and probably is involved in the functioning of the entire hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis...considering that NO metabolism occurs in all these three areas.

When luteinizing hormone LH levels are increased, the natural production of testosterone also increases, as does the sex drive. Opioid neurons are an important inhibitory brake that restrains the secretion of LH. NO is a mediator of glutamate effects in the hypothalamus, meaning that opioid inhibition is mediated on glutamate neurons that are upstream of NO neurons. What this means is that there is an opioid-glutamate-nitric oxide connection in the regulation of testosterone and sex drive. There is also some indication that nitric oxide may also function as a sex-enhancing neurotransmitter.

Viagra sildenafil citrate reduces impotency by enhancing the effects of the neurotransmitter nitric oxide (NO), and maintaining higher levels of the enzyme GMP, the two key factors in penile erection. Viagra does this by selectively inhibiting the enzymes that destroy GMP, leading to elevated GMP levels.

It stands to reason that kundalini is centered in sex chemistry, but I didn't know how far until I cottoned onto Nitric Oxide. Close encounters of the sexual kind can kick off a full blown awakening even without actual sex or relationship; thus I suspect that taking a supplemental sexual empowerment protocol will kick off an awakening in of itself. It might add to the intensity if one was ready to pop, but perhaps would not pop one of its own accord. It also reveals why sex and spirituality so often mix in the Guru-student relationship.

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