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Is it true that the hormone oxytocin stimulates lactation making it possible for moms to breastfeed their children?
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Does oxytocin prevents premature births?
No oxytocin is used to stimulate labor. In humans, oxytocin stimulates milk let down during lactation, uterine contraction during birth and is released during sexual orgasm in both men and women.
What causes lactation in females?
Oxytocin
Hormones concerned with events of lactation include?
oxytocin
What hormone stimulates labor?
oxytocin
Where are oxytocin and antidiauretic hormone synthesized?
Oxytocin is produced in the hypothalamus but stored in the posterior pituitary gland. It has a calming effect and also stimulates lactation, allowing women to breastfeed their children. It also stimulates stronger uterus contractions as a woman goes into labor.Second answerRegarding what it does, it also causes people to be more empathic and generous. Paul Zak gives a wonderful TED talk in the subject. See Sources and Related Links for more information.
How is the level of oxytocin controlled by a positive-feedback mechanism?
The oxytocin in blood stimulates the pituitary to secrete more oxytocin.
Which hormone stimulates contraction of myometrium?
Oxytocin
State the function of the hormones oxytocin?
Dunno what it does in males (if anything). In females, it stimulates lactation, mostly. If given artificially, it can stimulate contraction of the uterus and parturition (doctors use it to induce labor). But it isn't really clear if the pituitary secretes oxytocin on its own to stimulate labor, or if there is some other mechanism that induces labor.
What stimulates the smooth muscle of the uterus?
Stimulation of the cervix is what triggers labor through a hormone called oxytocin.
What hormone stimulates uterine contractions for the birth process?
Oxytocin
Is oxytocin an anterior pituitary hormone?
Oxytocin is made in the posterior pituitary. Oxytocin prompts the let-down reflex, and stimulates contraction of the uterus during childbirth.
What stimulates contractions in uterine smooth muscle during labor?
Oxytocin
