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Orgasm: It is hoped the new research will lead to a cure for women who can not orgasm 1 ]# [; G7 E; i# }4 e: [( a4 {+ s+ S/ K: V9 ?% H, H/ H2 `
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- K: s; z! O4 ]Secrets of the female orgasm revealed: Scientists discover new hope for women who can't climax4 o( q$ D8 _8 x
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Scientists have discovered the female orgasm leads to an altered state of conciousness that could help the minority of women who can not climax. , J+ ?8 @' O. X5 q- F4 `1 [6 }- Y& u1 E! K
Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands unwittingly stumbled across the results after they examined the brain scans of women taken while they orgasmed." g, y+ c# B! P' M
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The team noticed that an area of the brain, known as the orbitofrontal cortex or OFC, switched off when the women climaxed.