Oct 04, 2002 15:12
I've been reading a lot about experiments people have done on the pleasure centers of the brain. In the 50s, a doctor named Heath located the "septal area," a pleasure center located in the hypothalamus. He also managed to isolate a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine that gets absorbed in the septal region, with pleasurable results. He and his buddies thought it would be a great idea to cut some chick's head open and funnel some acetylcholine to her pleasure center. She experienced a half-hour orgasm, with intense brain activity to match. No word on what happened to her afterwards.