Cuddle Hormone or love hormone.
Just to show how much interest media has in this molecule, some quotes from internet articles:
- Oxytocin Keeps Attached Men Away from Other Women.
- Oxytocin Boosts Father-Baby Bonding.
- 'Love Hormone' Oxytocin May Intensify Orgasms.
- 'Love' Hormone Sobers Up Drunken Rats
- High levels of the "love hormone" have been observed in couples in the first six months of a relationship.
- Oxytocin has an anti-anxiety (anxiolytic) effect and may increase romantic attachment and empathy.
Scientifically accurate molecule model. Scaling: 1A = 3mm.