Prairie voles without oxytocin receptors still formed lifelong bonds and had kids, a new study finds, suggesting its effect on social behaviors isn't so clear. Reading time 4 minutes New research ...

What is love? Scientists want to know, too. But, it turns out, they may have been looking in the wrong places. Stanford Medicine researchers and colleagues at two other institutions report surprising ...

A spritz of the so-called “love hormone” might be the key to easing persistent feelings of loneliness. In a 2014 study, a team of European and Israeli researchers tested whether oxytocin, the hormone ...

Oxytocin is a neurotransmitter that has been shown to substantially impact a range of social and reproductive activities, such as pair bonding and maternal, collaborative, and sexual behaviors (Love, ...

Devanand Manoli, MD, PhD, studies the effects of oxytocin, the molecule behind pair bonding. He works with Psychiatry Postdoctoral Scholars Ruchira Sharma, PhD, (left) and Kristen Berendzen, MD, PhD, ...

Oxytocin, a naturally occurring chemical in the brain, plays a crucial role in various cognitive functions, including memory. A recent study revealed that the activation of neurons in the ...

A new UC Berkeley study shows that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding and ...

Before talking about happiness hormones, it is important to understand what hormones are and how they are produced. The endocrine system works together with the nervous system to influence many ...

Researchers found that the hormone oxytocin, known to be involved in regulating feeding and social behavior and until now to be produced mostly in the brain, is also produced in the human intestine.

Oxytocin, often called the “love hormone” for its role in social bonding and maternal behaviors, is now being investigated for something unexpected—its ability to regulate addictive behaviors and ...

Hormones coordinate different body functions by carrying messages through the bloodstream to target cells and tissues. Hormonal imbalances occur through inadequate or excess hormone synthesis, which ...