The chemical oxytocin, known affectionately as the love hormone, may be used as a basis for a new type of treatment meant to cure depression. The neurotransmitter is usually released in the body when people hug or touch each other, and its main role is to contribute to social bonding. One of the most interesting aspe... |
20 February 2012
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A group of scientists proposes that people who want to take the edge off, or become calmer in stressful situations, could soon do so by simply inhaling oxytocin from a nasal spray. The substance would then go on to increase the level of wellbeing individuals experience.
The chemical occurs naturally in the brain, a... |
12 December 2011
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Past studies have demonstrated that the hormone oxytocin plays an important role in promoting social functions and interpersonal bonding, but a new investigation is suggesting that the chemical may also have a negative influence on the human body as well.In order to understand how the international scientific communi... |
2 August 2011
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For many years, researchers thought about oxytocin as the love hormone, a chemical that makes people feel good, in love, and all warm and fuzzy on the inside. But a new investigation demonstrates that the chemical can also get behind some pretty nasty stuff as well. It is widely believed that this chemical is one of ... |
1 February 2011
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Researchers now believe that the hormone oxytocin could help doctors address some of their patients' psychiatric illnesses. The substance was never used for this type of applications before. Thus far, it was only used in the field of obstetrics, where administering it can induce labor and make it easier, and als... |
6 December 2010
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Our brains produce a wide variety of hormones, but one of them has the ability to promote social bonding, by making us more trusting. This does not mean however that we become more gullible.According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear that, while we indeed become a lot more communicative when under th... |
27 August 2010
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For many years, neuroscientists have known that the hormone oxytocin plays an important part in fostering social bonds, such as the ones between mother and their children. This is why the chemical was dubbed “the love hormone.” But new investigations now appear to suggest that the name may have been given... |
11 June 2010
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One of the few things you can absolutely be certain about in this world is a sane mother's affection towards her child. There are little things mothers wouldn't do to protect their small ones, and keep them out of harm's way. The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle at one point argued that women tend to... |
8 May 2010
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Scientists at the University of Haifa, in Israel, have recently determined that the hormone that has been primarily been associated with love – oxytocin – also plays an important part in bolstering negative states of mind. In other words, the chemical is able to make people feel empathy, trust, and genero... |
12 November 2009
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