Sentences with phrase «maternal oxytocin»

Production of oxytocin during lactation increases parasympathetic activity, thus reducing anxiety and theoretically fostering bonding, so it is generally understood that maternal oxytocin circulation can predispose women to form bonds and show bonding behavior.

«What these data suggest is that lower maternal oxytocin levels are associated with the risk of relationship dissolution by the time the child is a toddler,» McGill University psychologist and researcher Jennifer Bartz told the media during the Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual meeting in San Diego.

The Journal of Perinatal Education - Supplement, 16 (1): 1S - 4S Matthiesen AS, Ransjö - Arvidson AB, Nissen E et al (2001) Postpartum maternal oxytocin release by newborns: Effects of infant hand massage and sucking.

The surge in maternal oxytocin and prolactin levels in the early hours after birth appear to have long - term effects in increased milk production.

The increased levels of maternal oxytocin, a natural hormone that creates a «relaxation and well - being» response, aids in mom responding with nurturing and affectionate behaviors toward her baby.

We tested for mediation and moderation by maternal sensitive responsiveness and maternal oxytocin receptor genotype.

The impact on mothering skills and attitudes has not been investigated since the work of Newton and Newton, 1950 - 1960.13,24 The physical closeness of mother and infant in the process of breastfeeding allows eye - to - eye contact and precipitates characteristic behaviour described in the bonding process by Klaus and Kennell.25 The physiologic process of let - down when the nipple is stimulated releases maternal oxytocin and prolactin, which enhance mothering behaviours in all species tested and in most species, both male and female.13

Maternal sensitive responsiveness did not mediate the associations, and maternal oxytocin receptor genotype was not a significant moderator.

Epidurals lower the mother's production of oxytocin, 8 or stop its normal rise during labor.9 The effect of spinals on oxytocin release is even more marked.10 Epidurals also obliterate the maternal oxytocin peak that occurs at birth 11 — the highest of a mother's lifetime — which catalyses the final powerful contractions of labor and helps mother and baby to fall in love at first meeting.

Both mother and fetus produce oxytocin at birth and OT crosses the placenta; maternal oxytocin thus affects the fetal brain.

Not exact matches

Natural variations in maternal and paternal care are associated with systematic changes in oxytocin following parent - infant contact.

Synchrony and specificity in the maternal and the paternal brain: relations to oxytocin and vasopressin.

It's conclusions about safety of cytotec use for induction of full - term labor: «There was no difference in serious neonatal or maternal mortality between women receiving misoprostol and women who received prostaglandin E2 or oxytocin; however, most studies were underpowered for this assessment.»

Key to understanding these effects are the stress vs. oxytocin systems, which are activated during normal birth in a balanced way and which facilitate breastfeeding and protect maternal mental health.

Robin Kaplan:... you know, you bring... you both bring up a very good point, of this sense of relaxation and that's because breastfeeding stimulates the release of a hormone called Oxytocin and what that is, is not only does it you know, stimulate uterine contractions, which we'll talk about in Mother's Health and things like that, but it also promotes the development of maternal behavior and bonding.

The oxytocin receptor is a plausible gene candidate linking the birth experience with maternal - child outcomes.

«It is now well established that oxytocin, as well as stimulating uterine contractions and milk ejection, promotes the development of maternal behavior and also bonding between mother and offspring.

Oxytocin is one of the key maternal hormones.

After adjustment for maternal age, lone parent status, income quintile, use of any versus no substances and parity, women in the home birth group were less likely to have epidural analgesia (odds ratio 0.20, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 0.14 — 0.27), be induced, have their labours augmented with oxytocin or prostaglandins, or have an episiotomy.

Skin - to - skin contact promotes the mom's production of oxytocin, a hormone that boosts maternal feelings and a positive mood, according to study author Ann Bigelow, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Aside from enhancing maternal behaviors, high oxytocin levels help facilitate the let - down reflex, bringing breast milk to the baby, very obviously influencing her infant's survival.

Oxytocin is a natural hormone which facilitates bonding and the overall feeling of love therefore increasing the maternal urge to nurture.

It also indirectly strengthens the maternal self - confidence which is necessary for the release of oxytocin and the flow of milk.

Oxytocin has been called the «love hormone» because it plays an important role in social behaviors, such as maternal care and pair bonding.

Sometimes called the «cuddle chemical,» oxytocin is known for its role in maternal bonding (SN Online: 4/16/15).

Oxytocin has many roles in social behaviors such as maternal care and those associated with anxiety.

«How oxytocin makes a mom: Hormone teaches maternal brain to respond to offspring's needs.»

Until now, researchers say oxytocin — sometimes called the «pleasure hormone» — has been better known for its role in inducing sexual attraction and orgasm, regulating breast feeding and promoting maternal - infant bonding.

Both Larry Young (Yerkes / Center for Translational Social Neuroscience) and Robert Liu (Dept of Biology) were quoted last week in Science and National Geographic Phenomena commenting on research dealing with the hormone oxytocin and maternal behavior.

Previous research indicates oxytocin — a hormone that promotes social and maternal bonding — acts in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) of the prairie vole brain to encourage consoling behavior.

Marlin found that when she injected oxytocin into the brains of virgin mice while playing a recording of crying pups, they'd suddenly behave in a far more maternal manner.

Finding that oral L. reuteri therapy increased circulating levels of oxytocin in our animal model, we theorized that microbes associated with milk consumption may stimulate vagal pathways as for pleasure reward during infant - maternal bonding [29].

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide long known to promote maternal care in mammals.

Oxytocin is a hormone that promotes bonding during the early stages of relationship development, positive feelings toward relationship partners1, including feelings of trust.2 In fact, oxytocin has been implicated in a variety of positive relationship behaviors, including attachment, social memory, sexual behavior, and orgasm, as well as maternal caring and bonding behaviors.3 As a result, the media often refers to oxytocin as the «cuddle hormoneOxytocin is a hormone that promotes bonding during the early stages of relationship development, positive feelings toward relationship partners1, including feelings of trust.2 In fact, oxytocin has been implicated in a variety of positive relationship behaviors, including attachment, social memory, sexual behavior, and orgasm, as well as maternal caring and bonding behaviors.3 As a result, the media often refers to oxytocin as the «cuddle hormoneoxytocin has been implicated in a variety of positive relationship behaviors, including attachment, social memory, sexual behavior, and orgasm, as well as maternal caring and bonding behaviors.3 As a result, the media often refers to oxytocin as the «cuddle hormoneoxytocin as the «cuddle hormone.»

More recent data demonstrate the pro-social role of oxytocin, including its role in social and emotional regulation (6), orgasm (7), regulating stress, and anxiety and facilitation of pair, maternal and infant bonding (8 — 12).

Adult attachment predicts maternal brain and oxytocin response to infant cues.

Further study is needed to determine the relationship between maternal depression and oxytocin, how this relationship may affect infants, and the potential role of exogenous oxytocin in treating depression.

If they are genetically deprived of oxytocin, monogamous, maternal, loving prairie voles (a species of rodent) turn into another subspecies — the heartless, promiscuous, pup abusing montane voles.

Among other benefits, breastfeeding: stimulates the release of the hormone oxytocin in the mother's body promoting bonding between mother and baby; satisfies baby's emotional needs; provides superior nutrition; helps prevent maternal breast cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer and osteoporosis; helps prevent future breast cancer in infant girls; promotes higher infant IQ; helps pass baby's meconium; provides immunization against disease; is more digestible than formula; aids in mother's post-partum physical recovery; helps protect the infant from Crohn's disease, juvenile diabetes, allergies, asthma, SIDS, hemophilus b. virus, cardopulmonary distress, ulcerative colitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and other medical problems; enhances vaccine effectiveness, and is a natural contraceptive.

Variations in maternal behaviour are associated with differences in oxytocin receptor levels in the rat

Oxytocin pathways in the intergenerational transmission of maternal early life stress.

Association Between Oxytocin Receptor Genotype, Maternal Care, and Eating Disorder Behaviours in a Community Sample of Women.