Love-hormone oxytocin also triggers anxiety and fear
It seems that oxytocin is two-faced. The hormone that promotes feelings of love, social bonding, and well-being can also cause…
Husbands stay close with oxytocin
The first direct evidence that oxytocin promotes relationship fidelity in humans has been provided by a study that measured the…
Oxytocin has “blockbuster potential” as lifestyle drug
A case report in The Journal of Sexual Medicinedetails how “significant, broad-spectrum improvements in sexual function” were apparent in a…
Monkeys feel the love on oxytocin
Duke University researchers evaluating the effectiveness of oxytocin – the “love” hormone – in treating autism and schizophrenia say that…
More of oxytocin’s effects revealed
New experiments with oxytocin – known as the love hormone because of its importance in bonding between romantic partners and…
Could oxytocin levels identify high risk parents?
The hormone oxytocin has come under intensive study in light of emerging evidence that its release contributes to the social…
Oxytocin impacts learning processes
Released on a massive scale during orgasm, the neuropeptide oxytocin is also known to trigger childbirth and strengthen the emotional…
Marriages fixed with oxytocin
Relationships are hard work and most of us have probably felt at some point that communicating positively with our significant…
Oxytocin Touted As Autism Treatment
The annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology has been told that oxytocin may have significant positive effects on…
“Trust” Hormone Negates Fear
A brain imaging study at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has discovered that the fear-processing circuitry in the…