When used to start or continue labor, it is slowly injected into a vein. A nasal spray form is used to increase milk flow in breastfeeding.
Oxytocin
Oxytocin.
Dunno what it does in males (if anything). In females, it stimulates lactation, mostly. If given artificially, it can stimulate contraction of the uterus and parturition (doctors use it to induce labor). But it isn't really clear if the pituitary secretes oxytocin on its own to stimulate labor, or if there is some other mechanism that induces labor.
Oxytocin is made in the posterior pituitary. Oxytocin prompts the let-down reflex, and stimulates contraction of the uterus during childbirth.
Evidence that a hormonal signal from fetus to mother signals the onset of labor.Four of the major hormonal systems are active during labor and birth. These involve oxytocin, endorphins, adrenaline and noradrenaline (epinephrine and norepinephrine) and prolactin. These systems are common to all mammals and originate deep in our mammalian or middle brain.
Oxytocin
No oxytocin is used to stimulate labor. In humans, oxytocin stimulates milk let down during lactation, uterine contraction during birth and is released during sexual orgasm in both men and women.
Oxytocin.
oxytocin
Pitocin, a manmade version of oxytocin, the hormone your body makes naturally to go into labor.
Labor is triggered by the hormone called oxytocin and prostaglandin. release of milk is triggered by the hormone prolactin.
Leaking milk from breast tissue is a common symptom of hypersecretion of oxytocin. It is not always known what the cause of hypersecretion of oxytocin is. It occurs during labor, and can be very harmful to the baby and mother.
Oxytocin is the hormone that is responsible for uterine contractions. This is important during labor, and sometimes the doctor will prescribe an artificial version to give to the expectant mother to start the labor process.
Oxytocin
Oxytocin is a hormone released by the pituitary gland. It causes increased contraction of the uterus during labor. Next time, actually do your bio homework though (;
no its oxytocin
Oxytocin is a natural hormone produced in a woman's body that gives labor pain when her confinement is due. Where as Pitocin is the artificial form of inducing labor pain or speeding up labor.