Tag Archives: Oxytocin

Mothers Are Oxytocin Machines

Posted on May 4, 2018 by HugTheMonkey

Photo by Chiến Phạm on Unsplash It’s the time of year when we honor and thank mothers for all they do. I think their most important job is literally wiring their babies’ brains so that they can learn to love…. Continue reading →

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Prozac During Pregnancy Could Lead to Autism (Vole Study)

Posted on October 26, 2015 by HugTheMonkey

Here is a very alarming study from Rebecca Larke, a researcher in Karen Bales’ lab at UC Davis: Female prairie voles that were given fluoxetine (generic Prozac) during pregnancy gave birth to babies that had significant abnormalities in their oxytocin… Continue reading →

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Is Oxytocin a Pheromone?

Posted on March 20, 2015 by HugTheMonkey

Pheromones are substances that are released by one animal into the environment that other animals take in through the nose or mouth that "communicate" by changing the physiological state of the second animal (bugs, etc). Animals have something called the… Continue reading →

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Oxytocin Injection: a Personal Experience

Posted on July 23, 2014 by HugTheMonkey

The latest news about oxytocin is that it helped regenerate muscle tissue in old mice. This is not so surprising; while most of the excitement about oxytocin is around its influence as a neurochemical on our emotions and thoughts, it’s… Continue reading →

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Good-Enough Attachment Parenting

Posted on May 30, 2012 by HugTheMonkey

Time’s controversial article on attachment parenting sparked a backlash: It is impossible for most parents to achieve the ideal of close to 24-hour-a-day physical connection to their baby. That doesn’t negate the value of learning to mother and father … Continue reading →

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