Oxytocin, a hormone renowned for fostering emotional, also plays a pivotal role in cognitive functions such as learning and memory.

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A measurable hormone spike can change decision-making, lower stress hormones, and reinforce attachment pathways in the brain within minutes. In 2016, researchers reported a 57 percent increase in ...

In sum, the nonapeptide Oxytocin presents as a structurally well-defined peptide with a receptor system that is widely ...

UC Berkeley researchers have discovered that oxytocin — a hormone associated with maternal nurturing, social attachments, childbirth and sex — is indispensable for healthy muscle maintenance and ...

Background Social memory-the ability to recognize familiar individuals and distinguish them from strangers-is fundamental to social cognition. Deficits in social memory are hallmarks of multiple ...

Oxytocin is the body's natural wonder drug. It's produced by the hypothalamus in the brain, and released into the bloodstream by the pituitary gland. Oxytocin was the first hormone to be discovered in ...

Seahorses, Peruvian poison frogs, shingleback skinks, most birds and many fish all form long-lasting bonds with one, special, sexual partner. Among mammals, such monogamy is unusual; prairie voles and ...

Oxytocin is often called the "love hormone," and some studies have implicated it in making people act morally. New research, however, shows that these interpretations miss the mark. Oxytocin doesn't ...

The hormone oxytocin could play a role in treating psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to new research. The hormone oxytocin could play a role in treating psychiatric ...

Scientists have given lions a dose of the love hormone oxytocin to see what impact it would have on this vulnerable apex predator. Oxytocin is a hormone that, in humans, is associated with childbirth, ...

A new study shows that the so-called 'love hormone' oxytocin can intensify negative as well as positive experiences. Before you shop for the "cuddle" hormone oxytocin to relieve stress and enhance ...