THE OXYTOCIN

in english •  7 years ago 
Good friends of this great community of steemit in this opportunity I come to bring you a little definition of oxytocin which is a hormone related to sexual behavior, happiness and maternal and paternal feeling. It contributes to modulate the state of mind, as well as to forge social relationships between people. Due to its role in the human body, it receives several nicknames, such as "the hormone of love", "the hormone of happiness" or "the hormone of the mimosos".

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First of all, it is convenient to explain what a hormone is. By definition, it is a chemical substance secreted by the body that travels from the glands where they are born to different parts of the body to trigger a series of processes. To give you an idea of ​​its importance, hormones are responsible from good mood to sleep, appetite or blood pressure. Without them, nothing would work well in the body.

Therefore, it is essential to determine the sexual behavior of each individual, as well as to promote the creation of ties in their descendants or the establishment of social relationships with other people. In addition to this, it has been shown to be a good neurotransmitter. What does this mean? That has the ability to stimulate neurons to transmit information between them. That is, oxytocin also has an important role in the nervous system.

The release of oxytocin during labor and after orgasm exerts an extraordinary blockade of stress and fills us with tenderness --- thus "experts speak.

We can dream like romantics, but we feel like living beings.

Falling in love, as we already know, is part of a biochemical process that begins in the cerebral cortex and spreads to the endocrine system.

The pheromones, sheltered by subtle mixtures of perfume at least as each species considers it, end up exciting our most basic passions until, consummated copulation and having experienced orgasm, oxytocin appears in the theater of the drama our body...

With it stands out, that deep awareness of belonging to the other and that, since time immemorial, we have baptized with the word love.

Without anything else to say to you I hope this information is of your liking, says goodbye with a lot of affection and humility @felixellider follow me that I will be following ...

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