Does Oxytocin induce the primal instincts required for sucessful reproduction?

Reproductive Instincts

Why do all mammals have the need to reproduce?

Is it due to the oxytocin itself?

Oxytocin provides all maternal instincts required for a successful upbringing.

Mother dedicates it's time to feeding the offspring.

Bonding between offspring and mother is created.

Deprievation of Oxytocin leads to ignorance of offspring and inevitable death.

Oxytocin drops the milk into the passageway leading from the milk gland to the nipple's outer layer.

Without, offspring would have absolutely no way to nourish themselves in the first few hours on planet Earth.

Oxytocin BG

Oxytocin is dopamine’s partner, the emotional binding agent that teaches you to trust and reduces fear.

Oxytocin acts as a chemical addiction in the human body

Induce's labor

Neurotransmitter hormone produced in the hypothalamus

Human Social Bonding

Oxytocin levels are shown to be increasing during intimate times between mating partners.

Strong bond between mother and child is formed during labor, in which the mother dedicates it's life to the survival of it's offspring.

Deprievation of oxytocin debilitate the ability to bond

Bonding with animals in the household gives parents longer lifespans.

Orgasm during sexual interaction increases the concentration of Oxytocin hormones significantly.

Clinical Studies

In order to determine the functions for which OXT is required, gene targeting has been used to eliminate OXT in mice (40, 41).

However, the pups die within 24 hours because they are unable to obtain milk from the dams.

Oxytocin injections into the dams restores successful suckling by the pups.