Oxytocin

No matter where one goes, there seems to always be common desire to “fit in”. People feel the need to conform to what others are doing in society by doing things they wouldn’t normally do otherwise. Members of the society in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley believe that everyone is happiest when everyone is equal, and acts just like everyone else. Why do people feel the need to be like everyone else? Deindividualization and group mentality present in society today has many explanations…

In the process, the nerves send a pleasing message to the brain which, in turn, triggers the release of oxytocin. The hormone then travels along the neurones to other parts of the brain. During its movement, the first target oxytocin reaches is the brain stem where it immediately calms and brings stabilization to the cadiorespiratory variables following the brain stem’s shift from sympathetic to parasympathetic control…

Homeostasis can be defined in many ways. The biological definition would be the habit of a cell to control its internal environment and maintain equilibrium or balance. In more simple way it helps bring back everything to its stable state. All the organs in the human body contributes its actions to the homeostasis system to help bring balance to the neural, thermal and chemical factors by working together in a complicated way. And that being said, all of the homeostasis are being controlled by a…

Neuroeconomics: the neuroscience of decision making Neuroscience is a scientific field that studies brain activity though changes in brain blood flow. Neuroscience is the discipline in charge of studying through the nervous system activation that occurs in areas of the brain. The body receives information by its interaction with the world and that information gets through our senses, that information is caught from the nervous system and passes through the spinal cord until it arrives to the…

may influence the brains ability to absorb “moral message” or act upon them. Paul Zak, a neuro-economist, focused on the importance of oxytocin. Zak called this chemical the “moral molecule” and is usually only released from the brain when there were feelings of trust and safety. Testosterone which men possess was found to counteract the effects of oxytocin, therefore making men less generous and trusting. Research indicates that when individuals are busy and stressed, they more likely to…

text. (1) Oxytocin is transported to the blood stream after he was secretes from hypothalamic nuclei the capillary network of posterior lobe of pituitary. The strech receptors of birth canal send the action potential (2) to the hypothalamus (3) via spinal cord. Hypothalamus stimul;ates further production of oxytocin (4) which is transported to the posterior ppituitary gland (5) and released into the capilary network again. The regulation of oxytocin in the blood last until…

ovarian and uterine cancer, and the emotional effects. Lactation is a natural process that begins with conception; it provides many short and long term benefits for the mother. After birth, the suckling that a baby does releases oxytocin from mother’s pituitary gland. Oxytocin signals the breast to release milk to the baby, which is known as milk ejection reflex, but at the same time produces contractions in the uterus. The ending contractions prevents postpartum hemorrhage and promote the…

more often. you normally have about 98-99% of oxygen in your body, and when you have more than this, your body will use a negative feedback loop to decrease the levels of oxygen and maintain homeostasis. 14. The signal is the hypothalamus releasing oxytocin. The response to the signal is the contracting of the uterine walls. The stimulus is the baby pushing against the…

What is Love? Every human has experienced some form of love. Whether it is being loved by someone or loving another/something. The word love does not really have a positive or a negative connotation. It seems as if this term is a combination of both. We spend most of our lives craving, searching, and incessantly talking about love. This extremely complex emotion is one of the most, if not the most, intense emotions one can feel. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, love is a…

Four of the chemicals there are mentioned are: Endorphins, Dopamine, Serotonin, and Oxytocin. Sinek touched on each of these chemicals to explain the chemicals significance on achievement. Endorphins are the chemical released to mask whatever pain we may be putting through our body. This is the chemical that helps us to keep going and achieve…