Introduction Oxytocin is a key hormone in breastfeeding. No recent review on plasma levels
of oxytocin in response to breastfeeding is available. Materials and methods Systematic …

There has been unprecedented interest in the prosocial effects of the neuropeptide oxytocin
in humans over the last decade. A range of studies has demonstrated correlations between …

Background: Therapeutic approaches to addressing insufficient lactation are available but
remain poorly understood. Current trends in maternal health, such as increasing rates of …

Infants drive many lactation processes and contribute to the changing composition of human
milk through multiple mechanisms. This review addresses the major topics of milk removal; …

While the harmful effects of alcohol during pregnancy are well‐established, the
consequences of alcohol intake during lactation have been far less examined. We reviewed …

Breast milk is the universal preferred nutrition for the newborn human infant. New mother
have been encouraged to exclusively breastfeed by health care professionals and …

The breastfeeding period is one of the most important critical windows in our development,
since milk, our first food after birth, contains several compounds, such as macronutrients …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between maternity leave and exclusive
breastfeeding and to estimate the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in children under …

METHODS: Data were sourced from Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of
Australian Children. Participants were 5107 Australian infants recruited in 2004 and …

Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) are hypothalamic neuropeptides classically
associated with their regulatory role in reproduction, water homeostasis, and social …