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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a world where loneliness and social anxiety are on the rise, understanding the brain’s chemistry has never been more important. Behind many of our emotional reactions lies a small but powerful ...

“Although the detailed mechanism for the stimulation of intra-islet GLP-1 secretion remains to be elucidated and further studies are required, as far as we know, our present study is the first to ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Vienna have developed fluorescent peptide tracers that can simultaneously visualise and activate the oxytocin receptor. This receptor – also known as the love/bonding ...

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, ...