Oxytocin Study

The "love hormone" oxytocin has long been thought key to behaviours including pairing up with a partner and nurturing offspring, but a new study in prairie voles is raising doubts.

According to a team of neuroscientists, making music together can potentially boost an individual's implicit understanding of the thoughts and feelings of others in a group. Oxytocin, also known as the love hormone, and dopamine, the neurotransmitter that corresponds to pleasure and a sense of reward, is also involved when people engage musically w...

Women induced at 39 weeks were less likely to need a Caesarean section than those who waited to let labor begin spontaneously. There is a percentage for C-section cases - 18.6 percent for the induced group, compared with 22.2 percent for the other group

Oxytocin, dubbed as the 'love hormone', for its role in promoting social bonding may enhance spirituality in men, a new study has found.

Treatment with a hormone that plays an important role in labour and breast-feeding can improve behaviour of mothers suffering from postnatal depression, a common disorder affecting 10 to 20 per cent of mothers, says a study.

Love hormone oxytocin may reduce the intoxicating effects of alcohol on your brain, a new study has found.

The "love hormone" oxytocin has long been thought key to behaviours including pairing up with a partner and nurturing offspring, but a new study in prairie voles is raising doubts.

According to a team of neuroscientists, making music together can potentially boost an individual's implicit understanding of the thoughts and feelings of others in a group. Oxytocin, also known as the love hormone, and dopamine, the neurotransmitter that corresponds to pleasure and a sense of reward, is also involved when people engage musically w...

Women induced at 39 weeks were less likely to need a Caesarean section than those who waited to let labor begin spontaneously. There is a percentage for C-section cases - 18.6 percent for the induced group, compared with 22.2 percent for the other group

Oxytocin, dubbed as the 'love hormone', for its role in promoting social bonding may enhance spirituality in men, a new study has found.

Treatment with a hormone that plays an important role in labour and breast-feeding can improve behaviour of mothers suffering from postnatal depression, a common disorder affecting 10 to 20 per cent of mothers, says a study.

Love hormone oxytocin may reduce the intoxicating effects of alcohol on your brain, a new study has found.