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NEWS ABOUT: oxytocin

oxytocin stories: 4 news summaries

 Scientist: Love's 
 Just Brain Chemicals 

...that could someday be reproduced in a lab

Jan 8, 09 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - An American neurologist is determined to prove wrong the poets who say love is beyond understanding, reports the BBC. The Emory professor argues that neurochemical reactions in certain parts of the brain can explain love, raising the possibility that scientists could someday create drugs to bring love back to dying... More »

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love • brain • neuroscience • neurology • oxytocin

New Trust Drug: Good for Shyness, Bad for Investing

Natural hormone makes people dumb with their money in experiment

May 22, 08 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have created a nasal spray that makes its users more trusting, the BBC reports. Made up mostly of oxytocin, alternatively nicknamed the “love hormone” or “cuddle chemical,” the spray decreases social fears by lowering activity in the amygdala. That should be great news for social phobics;... More »

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psychiatry • hormones • brain • medical research • oxytocin • trustworthiness

Put Your Honey
Where Your Mouth Is

As Valentine's Day approaches, scientists find gender rift on locking lips

Feb 11, 08 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - From a peck on the cheek to "get a room"-level PDA, kissing is everywhere, but for an activity common to almost every culture, it's remarkably underscrutinized, reports the Washington Post. One study of college student kissers found that men see kissing mostly as a precursor to sex, while... More »

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kissing • Rutgers University • kisses • osculation • French kissing • Helen Fisher • Susan M. Hughes • Albright College • oxytocin

Roses Are Red, Viagra Is Blue ...

Impotence drugs may also raise levels of 'love hormone'; human studies up next

Aug 24, 07 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Viagra and other ED drugs may elevate levels of a hormone linked with feelings of love, a new study shows. Oxytocin, long associated with breastfeeding and maternal affection, also plays a part in arousal and orgasm; Viagra and related meds work on the part of the brain that controls levels... More »

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erectile dysfunction • sex • hormones • Viagra • oxytocin

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