In this episode, Hassan Ahamed (Haverford ’19) leaves the brain to dive into the spinal cord. As part of this, Hassan tells us about a spinal nucleus called the bulbocavernosus, a part of spinal cord that is larger in males than in females and plays an important role in male sexual reflexes. Tune in to find out how scientists have used mutant mice to understand what role androgens play in the development and function of this nucleus (Raskin et al., 2012, Neuroendocrinology), and learn why it is called the “spinal ejaculation generator.”
A Podcast about the Neurobiology of Sex
