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·February 1, 2018·4 min read

Insular Cortex Mediates Approach and Avoidance Responses to Others in Distress

Summary: Social affective behaviors are linked to changes in insular cortex excitability caused by oxytocin, researchers report. Source: Boston College....

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·April 21, 2022·4 min read

We Are More Satisfied With Life as We Age, Thanks to Oxytocin

A new study links higher levels of oxytocin to greater life satisfaction as we age.

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·June 14, 2016·3 min read

Oxytocin’s Role in the Recognition of Emotions

A new study reports oxytocin plays a role in facial mimicry.

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·May 1, 2015·5 min read

Reward Response Increased by Oxytocin in Women Viewing Crying Babies

Researchers suggest oxytocin could motivate women to help a crying baby.

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·November 25, 2017·4 min read

Smiling Human Faces Are Attractive to Dogs, Thanks to Oxytocin

A new study reveals oxytocin, a hormone implicated in bonding, may play an important role in social interactions between man and dog.

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·September 29, 2017·6 min read

How ‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin Spurs Sociability

Researchers pinpoint the brain circuitry involved in social reward and shed new light on oxytocin's role in social behavior.

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·October 29, 2020·7 min read

Studies Link Some Autism to Brain Cells That Guide Sociability and Platonic Love

Mouse study links specific autism types to abnormal parvocellular oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamus.

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·April 23, 2019·3 min read

Some women could be more susceptible to PTSD than others

Oxytocin and cortisol levels are higher in women with dissociative PTSD.

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·September 23, 2019·5 min read

Hormone potentially linked to hypersexual disorder identified

Study implicates dysregulation of epigenetic mechanisms of both DNA methylation and microRNA activity, in addition to oxytocin to hypersexuality.

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·June 20, 2018·6 min read

New Insight Into Infant Handling by Young Bonobos

Researchers report young female bonobos prepare for motherhood by helping mother apes to take care of their young. Findings also show elevated levels of oxytocin in the urine of young females who help with parental style care of baby bonobos.

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·February 17, 2023·9 min read

Prairie Voles Born via C-Section Can’t Bond: Is Birth Key to How We Love and Relate?

Prairie voles born via cesarean section were unable to form pair bonds. However, exposing them to oxytocin allowed the c-section-born prairie voles to form pair bonds upon maturity. The findings raise an interesting question: Is our method of birth more important to how we love and form relationships than we realize?

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·July 13, 2022·4 min read

Love Isn’t the Drug – Oxytocin Supplements Unlikely to Mend Marriages

Despite oxytocin nasal sprays being touted as a potential panacea to save broken relationships, researchers say it's highly unlikely to work. Nasal oxytocin does have benefits for the treatment of ASD and depression.

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Oxytocin

We Are More Satisfied With Life as We Age, Thanks to Oxytocin

Oxytocin’s Role in the Recognition of Emotions

Reward Response Increased by Oxytocin in Women Viewing Crying Babies

Smiling Human Faces Are Attractive to Dogs, Thanks to Oxytocin

Some women could be more susceptible to PTSD than others

Hormone potentially linked to hypersexual disorder identified

Prairie Voles Born via C-Section Can’t Bond: Is Birth Key to How We Love and Relate?

Love Isn’t the Drug – Oxytocin Supplements Unlikely to Mend Marriages

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