Researchers at Radboud University and the Radboudumc found that mothers with postpartum depression benefit from oxytocin ...

Often called the “love hormone” or the “cuddle hormone,” oxytocin promotes feelings of love, bonding, and well-being.

A new study shows that oxytocin nasal spray helps mothers with postpartum depression interact more positively with their babies.

You have got four major happy hormones ready to serve: dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and endorphins. These are your feel-good ...

When was the last time you were truly happy? If you're yearning for happiness, the good news is that your body produces four main hormones that affect your mood. Dopamine, serotonin, endorphins and ...

Oxytocin, known as the "love hormone," is key in emotions such as attraction, trust, and bonding. It helps with labor contractions, milk production during breastfeeding, and sexual arousal.

In addition, females without oxytocin receptors gave birth and produced milk, though in smaller quantities, than ordinary female voles. The results indicate that the biology underlying pair bonding ...

Maybe oxytocin can attach to more than one hormone receptor—something that studies have hinted at over the years, Carter told me. But some researchers, Young among them, suspect a more radical ...

The hormone oxytocin plays a key role in long-term relationships. But a study of prairie voles finds that the animals mate for life even without help from the "love hormone." ...

Many people have that I-need-a-hug feeling these days. Here are surprising ways to stimulate the release of the feel-good hormone oxytocin — without a hug.