Oksitosin

Oksitosin.

Oksitosin (bahasa Yunani: (ŏk'sĭ-tō'sĭn), kelahiran cepat) (bahasa Inggris: oxytocin, OT, pitocin, syntocinon) adalah hormon pada manusia yang berfungsi untuk merangsang kontraksi yang kuat pada dinding rahim/uterus sehingga mempermudah dalam membantu proses kelahiran.

Prekursor oksitosin bernama oksitosin-neurofisin bahasa Inggris: oxytosin-neurophysin, OT-Np) disintesa di dalam kelenjar hipotalamus.

Pranala luar

• Caldwell, H.K. and Young, W.S., III. Oxytocin and Vasopressin: Genetics and Behavioral Implications in Lim, R. (ed.) Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology, 3rd edition, Springer, New York, pp. 573-607, 2006. 320kb PDF
• NewScientist.com - 'Release of Oxytocin due to penetrative sex reduces stress and neurotic tendencies', New Scientist (January 26, 2006)
• Oxytocin.org - 'I get a kick out of you: Scientists are finding that, after all, love really is down to a chemical addiction between people', The Economist (February 12, 2004)
• SMH.com.au - 'To sniff at danger: Inhalable oxytocin could become a cure for social fears', Boston Globe (January 12, 2006)

• Hug the Monkey - A weblog devoted entirely to oxytocin
• Oxytocin and understanding other minds