From love to hatred - one hormone

Israeli scientists have found that oxytocin can cause aggression. How will this affect its pharmaceutical use?

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During quarantine (self -isolation), many couples were forced to spend time in each other's company. This affected the relationship of some beneficial - they felt that their love was "rebooted." Others immediately after the removal of restrictive measures filed a divorce (or parted). The number of cases of domestic violence has increased significantly .

Perhaps Israeli scientists suggest , outbreaks of aggression were caused by hormone oxytocin. Previously, he was called the "hormone of love", but with him, it seems, everything is not so unambiguous. And the conclusions of scientists can give more information about the use of oxytocin to treat various psychiatric disorders.

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