- Oxytocin - Wikipedia
In either form, oxytocin stimulates uterine contractions to speed up the process of childbirth
- Oxytocin: What It Is, Function Effects - Cleveland Clinic
Oxytocin is a natural hormone that manages key aspects of the female and male reproductive systems, including labor and delivery and lactation, as well as aspects of human behavior Your hypothalamus makes oxytocin, but your posterior pituitary gland stores and releases it into your bloodstream
- Oxytocin Hormone: Purpose, Benefits, and How to Increase It - WebMD
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
- Oxytocin Uses, Side Effects Warnings - Drugs. com
Oxytocin is a hormone that is used to induce labor or strengthen uterine contractions, or to control bleeding after childbirth Oxytocin is also used to stimulate uterine contractions in a woman with an incomplete or threatened miscarriage
- Oxytocin | Definition, Discovery, Effects, Facts | Britannica
Oxytocin is a neurohormone in mammals that stimulates uterine contractions during labor and influences lactation and maternal behavior
- Love Hormone: What Is Oxytocin and What Are Its Effects?
2 What exactly is oxytocin? Oxytocin is a hormone that acts as a neurotransmitter It plays an important role in reproduction In females, the hormone triggers labor and the release of
- Oxytocin: the Great Facilitator of Life - PMC
Oxytocin (Oxt) is a nonapeptide hormone best known for its role in lactation and parturition Since 1906 when its uterine-contracting properties were described until 50 years later when its sequence was elucidated, research focused on its peripheral roles in reproduction
- Oxytocin - Colorado State University
Oxytocin is released during labor when the fetus stimulates the cervix and vagina, and it enhances contraction of uterine smooth muscle to facilitate parturition or birth
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