This female hormone, stored in the posterior pituitary gland, stimulates the contractions of the uterus during childbirth. What is this hormone?

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Scott Reynen · Answer 1 · 2020-05-04T17:03:05+0000

Oxytocin causes contractions during pregnancy, it also is the reason why mothers feel "motherly" towards their children after childbirth as there are high levels on oxytocin in the mother's blood.

This female hormone, stored in the posterior pituitary gland, stimulates the contractions of the uterus during childbirth. What is this hormone?

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