oxytocin

Hypothalamus peptides {oxytocin}| (Vincent du Vigneaud) [1953] can have nine amino acids, control uterus contraction, affect pair-bonding in female rodents and nursing babies, control milk release, peak at orgasm {cuddle hormone}, and aid forgetting. Oxytocin receptors are in hypothalamus, amygdala, nucleus accumbens, and anterior-cingulate subgenual area. Pitocin is synthetic oxytocin. Vasopressin and oxytocin are similar.

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