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Title: what does oxytocin do? Post by: buglitter on Sep 12, 2012 im thinking about doing a project on oxytocin and i know it is a sort of protein but im not sure what i could do the project on, any ideas out there?
Title: what does oxytocin do? Post by: buggmoma10 on Sep 12, 2012 it is found in sperm but also when women go into hospital to be given an induced labor the are sometimes drip fed oxytocin as this helps bring on contractions and speeds up labour
Title: what does oxytocin do? Post by: lexiieeex3 on Sep 12, 2012 It's not found in sperm. It is a hormone that is synthesized in the hypothalamus, and then stored and released by the posterior pituitary gland.
It stimulates the uterus to contract during childbirth and maintains labour during childbirth. It is also secreted during suckling and cause the production of milk from the mammary glands. You could do a project on all of the hormones involved in pregnancy i.e. show a flow chart that represents the hormones in the brain and which organs they work on. Talk about disorders where these hormones are not properly produced. |