Want a hug?
๐งช Researchers have been testing ways to deliver oxytocin into the bloodstream to help relieve anxiety in people.
๐ Oxytocin is known as the love hormone because of its release when people are socially bonding, helping you “feel good” about a situation.
๐ฎ After observing intravenous, nasal spray, and nebulizer methods, they found the pathways through which the human body delivers each method. Then, each were analyzed for their efficacy.
Tailored delivery methods
๐ฅฐ By tailoring delivery methods to individuals, oxytocin treatments should become more effective. Good thing, too – with everyone in isolation, it will be harder to get so many hugs. ๐
๐บ What do you think? How do you activate YOUR oxytocin? How are you bonding with others during isolation?
Original Research: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14845-5