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Hopes for the use of oxytocin as a therapy for mood and attachment disorders have been confounded by the wide-ranging effects on social behavior revealed by human studies.

Oxytocin, known as the "love hormone," is key in emotions such as attraction, trust, and bonding. It helps with labor contractions, milk production during breastfeeding, and sexual arousal.

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Oxytocin is known as the "cuddle hormone," but that simplistic moniker glosses over the complex role this hormone plays in social interactions and bonding. Skip to main content.

Maybe oxytocin can attach to more than one hormone receptor—something that studies have hinted at over the years, Carter told me. But some researchers, Young among them, suspect a more radical ...

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