Lucknow: UP Special Task Force on Sunday arrested two active members of an interstate gang involved in large-scale smuggling ...

Traditional oxytocin delivery methods--whether injectable or intranasal--require continuous administration due to the hormone's extremely short half-life of just minutes in the bloodstream. Maximus ...

According to neuroscientist Ben Rein’s new book, Why Brains Need Friends, it comes down to our brains. As he explains in the ...

When humans and other animals are in a calm state, they tend to breathe slower, and their heartbeat also slows down.

Scientists believe an oxytocin nasal spray could help treat alcoholism, according to a new study. The research, published in the journal PLOS Biology on Tuesday, found that alcohol-dependent rats ...

California mouse (Peromyscus californicus): Working with females of this species, UC Davis researchers found a form of social anxiety that can be a model for human stress and anxiety disorders. (Sarah ...

Oxytocin, a hormone previously thought to be necessary for forming social bonds like mating and giving birth, may not be as essential as researchers previously thought it to be, a study out Friday ...

Now that we’ve entered the annual season of “goodwill toward men,” it seems like an excellent time to consider oxytocin, a hormone that has gotten attention in recent years as the grooviest thing ...

Scientists suspect that one element of the obesity epidemic is that the brains of obese people respond differently to images of delicious, calorically dense foods. Obese individuals’ brains seem to ...

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