 oxytocin (; oxt) is a mammalian neurohypophysial hormone. produced by the hypothalamus and stored and secreted by the posterior pituitary gland, oxytocin acts primarily as a neuromodulator in the brain. oxytocin plays an important role in the neuroanatomy of intimacy, specifically in [[sexual reproducti
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