The reason is that oxytocin can stimulate mammary gland to secrete milk, promote uterine smooth muscle contraction during childbirth and promote maternal love. In addition, it can also reduce the level of stress hormones such as adrenaline in human body, thus lowering blood pressure. It is not a woman's patent, both men and women can secrete it.
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Oxytocin only works on people who come into contact with "right": when he comes into contact with people who are familiar with him, oxytocin will make him more sociable; But if it's a stranger, oxytocin is useless. In addition, Swedish researchers also found that oxytocin can only narrow the distance between users and compatriots, and has little effect on foreigners.
In addition, people's different reactions to oxytocin may be related to its original amount in the blood, and people's mental state may also be related to the time when oxytocin is inhaled, even related to the translation of its own OXTR gene.
OXTR is a protein encoded by OXTR gene, which is distributed in nervous system and reproductive system and is the receptor of oxytocin molecule. When A (adenine) at a specific site in the DNA sequence encoding protein gene is changed into G (guanine), people can be more active in social communication, and they are more likely to move emotionally and become no longer lonely.
20 10 12 19 A new study released by American researchers shows that oxytocin supplementation can relieve the symptoms of patients with chronic headache, which is expected to provide a new way to treat chronic headache in the future.
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