oxytocin
催产素,催生素,催产剂,催产士
Definitions
- 1
- : Biochemistry. a polypeptide hormone, produced by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates contraction of the smooth muscle of the uterus.
- : Pharmacology. a commercial form of this substance, obtained from beef and hog pituitary glands or especially by synthesis, and used chiefly in obstetrics to induce labor and to control postnatal hemorrhage.
Examples
When you’re moved by music, we see levels of the attachment-hormone oxytocin increase.
People who sniff oxytocin before they play together are more in sync rhythmically.
Prolactin induces the luminal cells to make milk while oxytocin makes the myoepithelial cells contract.
The two pregnancy-related hormones, prolactin and oxytocin, are responsible for milk production.
When you lock eyes with a dog or when you touch a dog, there are studies looking at the fact that your oxytocin levels go up.
When fathers hold and play with their children, oxytocin and prolactin kick in, priming them for bonding.
Such effects can be traced, at least in part, to the way neglect affects signaling neurochemicals, like the hormone oxytocin.
I think the most surprising thing to me was the oxytocin story.
And the people with higher levels of oxytocin were more generous in the amounts they chose to return to the original investor.