Oxytocin Nasal Spray

Oxytocin nasal spray might one day form a treatment for schizophrenia after positive results from the first study looking at the effects of oxytocin on patients with the mental illness, reports Biological Psychiatry. 15 participants were given doses of oxytocin nasal spray over a period of 3 weeks, and most reported measurable improvements in their [...]

Paul Zak, a university professor and popular ‘neuroeconominist’, has claimed to have found that oxytocin levels are raised by using social networking sites such as Twitter – just as they are in real face-to-face relationships. The experiment was performed on one person only, but if accepted does appear to have implications both for understanding how oxytocin is triggered [...]