Oxytocin (Oxt) () is a mammalian hormone that acts primarily as a neuromodulator in the brain . Oxytocin is best known for its roles in sexual reproduction, in particular during and after childbirth. It is released in large amounts after distension of the cervix and uterus during labor, facilitating birth , and after stimulation of the nipples , facilitating breastfeeding . Recent studies have begun to investigate oxytocin s role in various behaviors, including orgasm , social recognition, pair bonding , anxiety , and maternal behaviors. For this reason, it is sometimes referred to as the love hormone . The inability to secrete oxytocin and feel empathy is linked to sociopathy , psychopathy , narcissism and general manipulativeness . The word oxytocin was derived from the Greek ὼκυτοκίνη, ōkytokínē , meaning “quick birth”, after its uterine-contracting properties were discovered by British pharmacologist Sir Henry Hallett Dale in 1906. The milk ejection property of Oxt was described by Ott and Scott in 1910 and by Schafer and Mackenzie in 1911. The nine amino acid sequence of Oxt was elucidated by Vincent du Vigneaud et al. and by Tuppy in 1953. and synthesized biochemically soon after by du Vigneaud et al. in 1953. Oxytocin was the very first polypeptide hormone to be sequenced and synthesized. Du Vigneaud states in his publication of 1954 This synthesis thus constitutes the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone .
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can Oxytocin (synthetic) injectable solution cause abortion less than three months
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I want to measure my oxytocin level Does any lab in Delhi does it I am a male.
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Had a baby 5mo ago and have been breastfeeding . Our baby sleeps with us at night to make it easier to feed him. I have been experiencing the past few weeks pain especially in my lt shoulder with intermittent tingling in my AC and sometimes wrist , when I use my arms a lot during the day ( lol who doesn t) I sometimes have a little burning in my...
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hi,i had vdrl/rpr a while ago and it says, reactive . same with the result that i took last july 22. a doctor prescribed me with doxycycline for ten days and actually i took that medicine for 20 days, 2x a day but still its positive. I am sure i had taken my meds religiously.. what should i do? i need badly that my vdrl test become negative for...
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My testacies are so tight and have been for over a week. Normally they drop after a few days but now don t seem to. I also haven t been able to experience orgasm for as long as they have been tight. I get an erection and come very close to orgasm and then the feeling just goes and I start to lose my erection. I have achieved orgasm for a week...
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Actually I am suffering from acidity since April 2012. I visited many hospital and the doctor`s gave me medicien but still now i have not recovered. after sometimes since June 2012 i start feel i have no desire for sex and love with my wife, yesterday i visted the doctor he make some tests and after the result come out he told me males hormones...
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During my first pregnancy, I gained 75 pounds and developed an insanely high blood pressure. The docs said nothing as I was gaining, nor about the bp until it was out of hand. They monitored me every week at the end because of the bp then decided to induce labor. They used Pitocin. After 32 hours of labor, they broke the amniotic sac and...
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I am 37 and just had my second baby boy 6 months ago. I had no problems at all during pregnancy. I was induced with pitocin and was given an epidural . Immediatly after anesthesiologist administered a dose through IV into back my heart raced to 175/bpm. Then I felt tremendous pressure all over like a steam roller pressing on my whole body. Then...
i am nearly 5 weeks postpartum. i had a d & c on saturday due to retained placenta which was missed, i then developed an infecttion and had iv antibiotics , im now on orals. Ive been getting this pulsating pain/discomfort in my mid back which is intermittent. sometimes it is more intense than other times. It happens more when ive been standing...
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I had unprotect sex on the 24/12/2012, and two days later i took postinor1 2tablets, my period is suppose to come on the 6th/7th of Jan 2013, it did not come, i take a PT test and it read positive, so a frend advise that i take oxytocin injection . I took 2ml of oxytocin injection on night of 7/1/2013 uptil now nothing has happened. A friend...
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