‘Love hormone’ gives greater sense of spirituality than a placebo Oxytocin has been dubbed the “love hormone” for its role promoting social bonding, altruism and more.... Read more
A five week treatment with the synthetic hormone oxytocin significantly improved social, emotional and behavioral issues among young children with autism, according to University o... Read more
Researchers at UiO have tested a new device for delivering hormone treatments for mental illness through the nose. This method was found to deliver medicine to the brain with few s... Read more
UC Berkeley researchers have discovered that oxytocin — a hormone associated with maternal nurturing, social attachments, childbirth and sex — is indispensable for healthy muscle m... Read more