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 ...

Oxytocin nasal sprays do not improve the recognition of emotions such as anger and sadness in healthy men. The corresponding study was published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

Both men and women have oxytocin ... depression and anxiety, she said. Use of an oxytocin nasal spray combined with psychotherapy may have a greater effect on reducing depressive symptoms in people ...

Researchers at Radboud University and the Radboudumc found that mothers with postpartum depression benefit from oxytocin ...

Michael Huckabee, director of the physician assistant program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, blogs for LiveWellNebraska.com ...

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The participants received five weekly group psychotherapy sessions and either oxytocin via nasal spray or a placebo before sessions. The researchers assessed participants for trait-like loneliness at ...

The autistic children in the trial, aged 3 to 17 years, inhaled a nasal spray containing either oxytocin or a placebo for 24 weeks. The participants started on a low dose of the hormone ...

Doctors Administer Oxytocin Nasal Spray to Lonely People That's one way to do it! 5.18.24, 3:17 PM EDT ...

Often called the “love hormone” or the “cuddle hormone,” oxytocin promotes feelings of love, bonding, and well-being.

This is the second post in a two-part series about oxytocin. If you don't know what oxytocin does to your behavior or your experiences, please read this post first. In a nutshell, you can boost ...