Assertion: oxytocin | /r/CapableOf | reduce anxiety
Facets:
value: via erk1/2 activation
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Oxytocin is regarded as very important for helping the body adapt to highly emotional situations and can reduce stress responses such as anxiety.
text: That’s our biggest speculation,” says Kikusui, who suggests that because oxytocin decreases anxiety, the adaptation may have been important for human survival as well.
text: The study also showed that oxytocin can reduce anxiety and protect from stress, especially when combined with social support.
text: Oxytocin also reduces anxiety.
text: Oxytocin reduces stress and anxiety
text: So it does seem that oxytocin can reduce stress and anxiety increasing, personal connections that are central to personal, emotional and physical well-being.
text: Animal studies show oxytocin can boost the reward of social connection, lower the effect of drugs, reduce anxiety, and improve management of stressors.
text: Oxytocin evokes feelings of contentment, trust, empathy, calmness and security and reduces anxiety and fear.
text: On top of promoting social interaction, oxytocin reduces blood pressure and cortisol levels, increases the threshold of pain, reduces anxiety, and stimulates all kinds of positive social interactions.
text: Oxytocin reduces anxiety
text: Oxytocin reduces anxiety via ERK1/2 activation: local effect within the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus .