Oxytocin

The presence of an anxious male partner in the labour room makes the woman tense and slows her production of the hormone oxytocin, which aids the process of labour, so the French doctor contends. This, he says, makes her much more...

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...Sarina Rodrigues, an assistant professor in psychology at OSU, and Dr. Laura Saslow of UC Berkeley, single variations in alleles in the oxytocin receptor gene relate to empathy and stress reactivity in humans. Rodrigues, a transplant to the...

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...(perhaps even a need) to attach and connect so-called mirror neurons that underlie empathy; hormonal systems, such as those involving oxytocin and vasopressin, that relate sexual satisfaction to pair-bonding; and neural plasticity that...

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...a human is, and how that person reacts to stress. In the first study of its kind, a variation in the hormone/neurotransmitter oxytocin's receptor was linked to a person's ability to infer the mental state of others. Interestingly, this...

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...from Oregon State University and University of California, Berkeley have found a variation in the hormone/neurotransmitter oxytocin''s receptor that might explain how empathetic a human is, and how that person reacts to stress.

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...throughout the heart, uterus, spinal cord and brain that serve as docking stations for a chemical called oxytocin. Scientists have long known oxytocin as the chemical of bonding and nurture. Produced in the hypothalamus and pumped into...

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The genes could also affect how they deal with stress, experts believe. They are linked to the way in which the body processes oxytocin, otherwise known as the "cuddle hormone" in the brain. Naturally released in the body the hormone is...

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SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- With a reputation as the "love hormone," oxytocin has been linked to trust, empathy and generosity. But new research suggests that oxytocin plays a role in jealousy and gloating as well. "Subsequent to...

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Washington, Nov 13 : Oxytocin known as the love hormone also affects antisocial behaviour such as envy and gloating, says a new study. "When the person's association is positive, Oxytocin bolsters pro-social behaviour. When it is negative,...

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...the same mammalian hormone involved in labor, delivery, lactation and love can also evoke negative behaviors such as jealousy and gloating. Oxytocin is best known as the "love hormone" for its ability to trigger empathy, generosity and...

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