Your Brain in Love: Part 4 – Oxytocin, the Love/Hate Hormone

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Ed. note: This week, in the run-up to Valentine’s Day, we’re featuring a 5-part series about the neuroscience of love and romance. At the end, we’ll put the full series on our website. Enjoy! You may have heard of oxytocin, sometimes called the “love hormone.” Human and animal studies have shown that oxytocin plays a [...]

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Posted February 10, 2011 by Karen Merzenich under Neuroscience, Research studies

Doctor’s Orders: Get a Massage?

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Swedish massages have recently been proven to positively impact hormonal levels.

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Posted September 28, 2010 by Eliza vanGerbig under Odds and Ends

Oxytocin and Autism

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Science magazine is reporting on a new study that found that oxytocin, the so-called “trust hormone”, may be beneficial in dealing with the symptoms of autism. In two small studies conducted in Toronto, researchers administered oxytocin inhalers to children with autism and Asperger’s syndrome. Following the oxytocin dose, the children, who previously had difficulty interacting [...]

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Posted February 19, 2010 by Karen Merzenich under Brain plasticity, Neuroscience, Odds and Ends, Research studies