A new study from Yale School of Medicine has found that a single dose of the hormone oxytocin, delivered via nasal spray, can enhance brain activity while processing social information in children ...

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have shown inducing the release of brain oxytocin may be a viable therapeutic option for enhancing social function in ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD), characterized by an accumulation of beta-amyloid protein in brain tissue, is a leading cause of dementia. Researchers now show that an oxytocin derivative with modifications ...

The neurohormone oxytocin is well-known for promoting social bonds and generating pleasurable feelings, for example from art, exercise, or sex. But the hormone has many other functions, such as the ...

The nonapeptide Oxytocin is a cyclic nine-amino‐acid peptide that has long been studied for its possible roles in ...

The posterior pituitary is the smaller of two lobes that make up your pituitary gland. It secretes vasopressin and oxytocin into your bloodstream — hormones that play a role in water balance, ...

One of the study's key findings suggested that oxytocin enhanced wound healing only when paired with PAT. Individuals in relationships experience reduced cortisol responses and wound healing when ...

UC Berkeley researchers found that oxytocin — commonly considered the “love hormone” — also plays a significant role in the formation and maintenance of friendships in an Aug. 8 study on prairie voles ...

My two previous blog posts discussed oviducts—tubes leading from the ovaries to the womb. The first (The Sperm that Fertilizes: Champion Swimmer or Lucky Winner?, posted March 28) tackled a broad ...

Oxytocin administration, when combined with instructed positive interaction with a partner and physical intimacy, improved wound healing in couples in a randomized trial. A double-blind, randomized, ...