How oxytocin makes a mom: Hormone teaches maternal brain to respond to offspring's needs
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 13:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Neuroscientists have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual brain cells to prompt specific social behaviors -- findings that could lead to a better understanding of how oxytocin and other hormones could be used to treat behavioral problems resulting from disease or trauma to the brain.