A new study from researchers at University Hospital Zurich and the University of Zurich suggests that combining physical ...

At the 2025 Society for Neuroscience meeting, scientists discussed the adverse side effects of GLP-1 agonists and new ...

Scientists are uncovering how GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy act on brain regions that control hunger, nausea, pleasure-based eating, and thirst. These discoveries may help create treatments that ...

Researchers at University Hospital Zurich and the University of Zurich report that intimate physical contact combined with ...

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New research is uncovering how medications targeting the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) system affect brain circuits involved in nausea, thirst, and pleasurable behaviors. These findings will be ...

In a randomized trial, intranasal oxytocin combined with affectionate interactions improved wound healing among healthy ...

Mild wounds healed faster if people took a spray containing the "love hormone" oxytocin and set aside time to praise their ...

Alcohol can feel like a shortcut to closeness for those with childhood emotional neglect. But the warmth it unlocks is a ...

Traditional oxytocin delivery methods--whether injectable or intranasal--require continuous administration due to the hormone's extremely short half-life of just minutes in the bloodstream. Maximus ...

Studying the hormones involved in social bonding in prairie voles could help scientists understand human friendships and ...

You may have heard people say that the most important organ for love is the brain, not the heart. Research on the neuroscience of love has some interesting findings that might surprise you. When love ...