Often referred to as the love, trust or bonding hormone, the overall role of oxytocin in both mental and physical health, as well as its place in the social fabric of life, remains a bit of a mystery ...

Pregnancy is a physiological state which subjects the female body to a range of extreme changes in form and function. One of these is in the level of oxytocin. Oxytocin is a small peptide hormone, ...

Delayed labor increases the risk of a cesarean section, even among women who receive oxytocin for augmentation of labor. The rate of cesarean section among first-time mothers is not reduced if the ...

A new UC Berkeley study finds that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding, and ...

Michael T. Bowen currently receives funding from The National Health and Medical Research Council for oxytocin-related research. He is an inventor on a patent ...