oxytocin

The oxytocin receptor cells are present in the brain area and are thought to be involved in the regulation of maternal behavior.

Paul Zak, the author of the book Trust Factor: The Science of Creating High-Performance Companies, suggested various ways to increase the levels of oxytocin in the human body.

(1,2) Medications reported to reduce postpartum bleeding include oxytocin, misoprostol, ergonovine, methylergonovine, carboprost, and tranexamic acid.

A research team from the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, the University of Virginia and Northeastern University recently discovered that a single exposure to oxytocin near the time of birth can have effects in the offspring, including increases in social behaviors that may persist into adulthood.

Cligosiban acts on oxytocin cells in the brain and spinal cord to reduce blood levels of the hormone.

They were anticipating, she explains, that "couples playing the board games would interact more because they were communicating about the games and strategies, or because they were competing, and with more interaction, they would release more oxytocin." She and her colleagues believe that their study is the first to investigate how different types of recreational activity might impact levels of oxytocin.

Patients were divided into two groups (n=45), group-A received oxytocin (5 IU) approximately over 10 seconds as an intravenous bolus and group-B received (5 IU) over 5 minutes as an infusion in infusion pump.

Oxytocin is a nine-amino acid peptide that normally is produced in the hypothalamus and secreted by the posterior pituitary in a spurting or pulsatile fashion.

Examination of the pharmacology of oxytocin and clinical guidelines for use in labor.

Mariana Widmer, from the World Health Organization in Geneva, and colleagues enrolled women across 23 sites in 10 countries in a non-inferiority trial comparing intramuscular injections of heat-stable carbetocin with oxytocin administered immediately after vaginal birth.