Oxytocin Plays Part In Growth of Addition within Lower Class Community

Poor growth in people’s Oxytocin systems may connect to some people’s lack of flexibility to addictive behaviours, claimed Dr. Bruisman-Piljlman(University of Adelaide), who has experience in both addiction studies and family studies. She continues, “We know that newborn babies already have levels of oxytocin in their bodies, and this helps to create the all-important bond between a mother and her child. But our oxytocin systems aren’t fully developed when we’re born – they don’t finish developing until the age of three, which means our systems are potentially subject to a range of influences both external and internal,”

“The main factors that affect our oxytocin systems are genetics, gender and environment. You can’t change the genes you’re born with, but environmental factors play a substantial role in the development of the oxytocin system until our systems are fully developed,” Dr Buisman-Pijlman assures.

Dr. Buisman-Pijlman also adds that, “Previous research has shown that there is a high degree of variability in people’s oxytocin levels. We’re interested in how and why people have such differences in oxytocin, and what we can do about it to have a beneficial impact on people’s health and wellbeing,” . Risk factors for drug addiction shown in studies are already present at four years old.

“And because the hardware of the oxytocin system finishes developing in our bodies at around age three, this could be a critical window to study. Oxytocin can reduce the pleasure of drugs and feeling of stress, but only if the system develops well.” Calamity in early life is a factor to the flawed growth of the oxytocin system is her theory

. “This adversity could take the form of a difficult birth, disturbed bonding or abuse, deprivation, or severe infection, to name just a few factors,” Dr Buisman-Pijlman claims. She discusses this thoroughly thoughout the international journal,Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior.