New research reported in the journal Nature Neuroscience says that oxytocin, a hormone that promotes feelings of love, social bonding and well-being, can cause emotional pain – an entirely new, darker identity for the hormone. Stylized structural diagram of oxytocin (DARPA). The study is the first to link oxytocin to social stress and its ability to increase anxiety and fear in response to future stress. Oxytocin appears to be the reason stressful...
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