News tagged with oxytocin

Oxytocin improves brain function in children with autism

(Medical Xpress) -- Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin — a naturally occurring substance produced in the brain and throughout ...

Autism spectrum disorders May 21, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Could nasal spray of 'love hormone' treat autism?

(HealthDay) -- Children with autism given a squirt of a nasal spray containing the hormone oxytocin showed more activity in brain regions known to be involved with processing social information, a small study ...

Autism spectrum disorders May 16, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1 |

The neurogenics of niceness: Study finds peoples' relative niceness may reside in their genes

(Medical Xpress) -- It turns out that the milk of human kindness is evoked by something besides mom's good example.

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 10, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0 |

New labor-tracking tool proposed to reduce C-sections in first-time moms

Researchers have designed a new version of a labor-tracking tool for pregnant women that they predict could reduce the use of hormonal intervention during labor and lower the number of cesarean sections performed on low-risk, ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology Mar 14, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

The brain science behind economics

Neuroscience might seem to have little to do with economics, but over the last decade researchers have begun combining these disparate fields, mining the latest advances in brain imaging and genetics to get a better understanding ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Mar 06, 2012 | 5 / 5 (7) | 0

Simplified approach to preventing post-birth bleeding appears safe and effective

Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH; excessive bleeding) immediately after giving birth is a major killer of women in developing countries, responsible for a third of maternal deaths in Africa and Asia. Results of an international ...

Health Mar 05, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Could 'Love hormone' help treat depression?

(Medical Xpress) -- Gazing into your lover’s eyes isn’t only romantic; it also releases a brain chemical called oxytocin that strengthens social bonds in a variety of species. For some people who suffer from ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Feb 14, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Testosterone makes us less cooperative and more egocentric, study finds

Testosterone makes us overvalue our own opinions at the expense of cooperation, research from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London has found. The findings may have implications for how group ...

Medical research Jan 31, 2012 | 4.4 / 5 (11) | 0 |

Oxytocin helps people feel more extraverted

First dates, job interviews or Christmas cocktail parties can be stressors for some people. Such social rites of passage have no doubt made shy or introverted individuals wish for a magic potion that could make them feel ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Dec 09, 2011 | 5 / 5 (5) | 1 |

The kindness of strangers: Caring, trust linked to genetic variation

Scientists have discovered that a gene that influences empathy, parental sensitivity and sociability is so powerful that even strangers observing 20 seconds of silent video identified people with a particular genetic variation ...

Genetics Nov 14, 2011 | 5 / 5 (3) | 2 |

The dark side of Oxytocin

For a hormone, oxytocin is pretty famous. It’s the “cuddle chemical”—the hormone that helps mothers bond with their babies. Salespeople can buy oxytocin spray on the internet, to make their clients trust ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Aug 01, 2011 | 3.8 / 5 (11) | 1 |

Drug speeds up slow labor but doesn’t prevent C-sections

A new Cochrane review says that oxytocin, a medication often used to quicken slow-paced labor in its early stages, doesn’t boost the prospects for normal births. Riskier births that required cesarean section or the use ...

Health Jul 15, 2011 | not rated yet | 0

Oxytocin promises hope in Prader-Willi syndrome

Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which affects one child in 25,000. Children born with this syndrome have a range of complex neurological and developmental problems which continue into adult life. These can ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Jun 24, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Oxytocin connected to postpartum depression

(Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers, led by Gunther Meinlschmidt, PhD, may have found a connection between the brain chemical oxytocin and postpa ...

Psychology & Psychiatry May 16, 2011 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Can one model the social deficits of autism and schizophrenia in animals?

5 May 2011 - The use of animal models to study human disease is essential to help advance our understanding of disease and to develop new therapeutic treatments.

Psychology & Psychiatry May 05, 2011 | not rated yet | 1

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