News tagged with oxytocin
Research finds the hormone of trust has limits
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxytocin is a hormone produced by the hypothalamus in the brain, and has been shown to make people trust each other more and promote feelings of love. But this hormone has now been found to ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Love: it's all the same to the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- There are no differences between heterosexuals and homosexuals or between women and men in terms of the brain systems regulating romantic love, according to new UCL research published in the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Hormone study finds monkeys in long-term relationship look strangely human
(PhysOrg.com) -- Monkeys in enduring relationships show a surprising correspondence in their levels of oxytocin, a key behavioral hormone, according to research published online June 28 in the journal Hormones and Behavior.
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Social scientists build case for 'survival of the kindest'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Study surprise yields new target for assessing genes linked to autism
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have uncovered a new genetic signature that correlates strongly with autism and which doesn't involve changes to the DNA sequence itself. Rather, the changes are in the way the ...
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Hormone important in recognizing familiar faces
Oxytocin, a hormone involved in child-birth and breast-feeding, helps people recognize familiar faces, according to new research in the January 7 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Study participants who had one dose o ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Whiff of 'love hormone' helps monkeys show a little kindness
Oxytocin, the "love hormone" that builds mother-baby bonds and may help us feel more connected toward one another, can also make surly monkeys treat each other a little more kindly.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Hormone oxytocin bolsters childhood memories of mom's affections
Researchers have found that the naturally-occurring hormone and neurotransmitter oxytocin intensifies men's memories of their mother's affections during childhood. The study was published today in Proceedings of the National Ac ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 29, 2010 |
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For comfort, mom's voice works as well as a hug
"Reach out and touch someone" — good advertising slogan, or evolutionary imperative? How about both?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 11, 2010 |
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Study links genetic variation to individual empathy, stress levels
Researchers have discovered a genetic variation that may contribute to how empathetic a human is, and how that person reacts to stress. In the first study of its kind, a variation in the hormone/neurotransmitter oxytocin's ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Researchers show early life nurturing impacts later life relationships
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated that prairie voles may be a useful model in understanding the neurochemistry of social behavior. By influencing early social ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Scientists find a common link of bird flocks, breast milk and trust
What do flocks of birds have in common with trust, monogamy, and even breast milk? According to a new report in the journal Science, they are regulated by virtually identical neurochemicals in the brain, known ...
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Why dishing does you good: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why does dishing with a girlfriend do wonders for a woman's mood?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Enriched environment improves wound healing in rats
Improving the environment in which rats are reared can significantly strengthen the physiological process of wound healing, according to a report in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 13, 2009 |
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The secret life of frogs
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Notre Dame biologist Sunny Boyd's research is a little like "Match.com" for amphibians. Say you're a female tree frog looking for a mate--how do you choose among a number of ...
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Oxytocin
Oxytocin (pronounced /ˌɒksɨˈtoʊsɪn/) is a mammalian hormone that also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain.
It is best known for its roles in female reproduction: it is released in large amounts after distension of the cervix and vagina during labor, and after stimulation of the nipples, facilitating birth and breastfeeding, respectively. Recent studies have begun to investigate oxytocin's role in various behaviors, including orgasm, social recognition, pair bonding, anxiety, trust, love, and maternal behaviors.
For more information about Oxytocin, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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