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The love and trust hormone has unexpected rejuvenation properties according to this research:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24915299
Full article:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/s...udy-shows-muscles-love-oxytocin/#.U7XkW_ldVa8
I think it is a very exciting news, especially for us older geezers.
We can bug our doctor to prescribe it, or go, hug and kiss your spouse a lot. :grin:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24915299
"So when the UC team saw that oxytocin levels in the blood decreased with age, it piqued their interest. Maybe, they thought, oxytocin helps reverse the effects of aging on our bodies.
To test their hypothesis, the team injured muscles in young and old mice, then injected some of the muscles with oxytocin. Overall, the muscles in the young mice regenerated faster than the muscles in the older ones, as we would expect. But when the older mice were given an oxytocin boost, their muscles regenerated faster, bringing their regeneration rate up to the speed of youth. The young mice, on the other hand, received no added benefit from an extra shot of oxytocin, but their muscle regeneration was dramatically hampered when injected with an oxytocin receptor inhibitor. When the team looked closely at what was happening in the regenerating muscle cells, they found that oxytocin turns on a well-known cellular cascade that triggers growth and proliferation: the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway.
“Our results demonstrate that oxytocin is one of the key age-specific systemic regulators of muscle maintenance and repair,” write the authors in their conclusions. However, they’re quick to note that it’s probably not the only one. “It is unlikely that only one circulating molecule accounts for systemic aging or rejuvenation.”
Full article:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/s...udy-shows-muscles-love-oxytocin/#.U7XkW_ldVa8
Still, any molecule that helps combat the effects of aging is a good find, especially this one—because, so far, negative side effects from oxytocin use are few and far between. What’s most exciting about this research is that oxytocin is already an FDA-approved drug, thus this work may have uncovered a novel and safe way to combat the deterioration of muscle mass, strength and agility in the elderly. As the authors explain, “the potent positive effects of oxytocin on muscle tissue homeostasis and repair that were uncovered in this study are thus promising for developing an effective and safe new clinical strategy.
I think it is a very exciting news, especially for us older geezers.
We can bug our doctor to prescribe it, or go, hug and kiss your spouse a lot. :grin: