Oxytocin and social contact reduce anxiety: Hormone may be less effective at relieving stress for isolated animals

Monday, November 15, 2010 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

Oxytocin reduces anxiety in stressed animals, according to new research, but only if they recover in the presence of a friend.

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