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·December 8, 2022·4 min read

Oxytocin Drives Development of Neural Connections in Adult-Born Neurons

In the olfactory bulb, levels of oxytocin rise and peak when new neurons incorporate themselves into neural networks. The findings shed new light on adult neurogenesis and brain plasticity.

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·October 24, 2022·4 min read

Oxytocin Derivative Improves Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer’s

An intranasally delivered oxytocin derivative helped improve cognitive function and reduced cognitive impairment in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

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·September 30, 2022·6 min read

‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin Could Mend a Broken Heart

Oxytocin, a hormone connected with bonding and love, could help to heal damage following a heart attack. Researchers found oxytocin stimulates stem cells from the heart's outer layer and migrates into the middle layer where it develops into muscle cells that generate heart contractions. This could be used to promote the regeneration of heart cells following a heart attack.

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·September 22, 2022·3 min read

Shedding Light on Oxytocin, the Happy Hormone

A newly developed fluorescent sensor is able to detect oxytocin in living animals.

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·July 20, 2022·3 min read

‘Cuddle Hormone’ Oxytocin Strongly Affects Male Mice on Becoming Fathers

Neurons that secrete oxytocin in the paraventricular nucleus in the hypothalamus are responsible for activating paternal instincts in new fathers, a mouse model study finds.

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·July 17, 2022·6 min read

Why Does Love Feel Magical? It’s an Evolutionary Advantage

Magical thinking and believing in destined love may have evolved as a way to keep couples together and promote childbirth and rearing, researchers say.

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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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·June 27, 2022·3 min read

Oxytocin Spreads Cooperation in Social Networks

Administering oxytocin to influential members of a social network helped increase overall group cooperation.

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·June 2, 2022·7 min read

What Oxytocin Can Tell Us About the Evolution of Human Prosociality

Study sheds new light on the genetics underlying possible social differences between modern humans, our ancestors, and other primate species.

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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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·February 2, 2022·3 min read

Men With Sex Addiction May Have Elevated Levels of the Love Hormone Oxytocin

Hypersexual disorder, or sex addiction, in males is associated with higher levels of oxytocin within the blood.

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·December 29, 2021·6 min read

Oxytocin in a Developing Fish Brain Determines Later Social Behavior

Zebrafish whose brains lacked oxytocin during the first two weeks of life had impaired capacity for social interaction as they aged. Researchers also found oxytocin-producing neurons were critical for the development of dopaminergic neurons.